Protest outside Westminister Abbey 03/05/19

Bromley peace campaigners joined 300 others in a protest outside Westminster Abbey in London on Friday 3^rd May at 11 am. The campaigners like 194 members of the clergy objected to the thanksgiving service for the ‘UK’s deterrent at Sea’ namely our nuclear weapons. Members of the clergy had written to the Dean of Westminster urging him to cancel the service - which was arranged by the recently sacked defence secretary Gavin Williamson- because it is against the Christian ethos to give thanks and prayers to weapons of mass destruction.

The secretary of Bromley Borough CND said “let me make it absolutely clear we have nothing against the brave men and women of the Royal Navy. I myself come from a naval family. But we are opposed to the glorification of nuclear weapons, especially as the UK is a signatory of the Non Proliferation Treaty under which we should be actively getting rid of our nuclear arsenal.

In 2002 in the run up to the Iraq war, Geoff Hoon former Defence Secretary under the blair government had threatened to use nuclear weapons against the non nuclear country. “It does not bear thinking about the consequences of such an action that would have brought about terrible destruction and triggered a nuclear winter for us all” added Ms Garrett.

CND believes that funds the British government intends to use to replace Trident nuclear arsenal (estimated to be £30 billion) should be spent on public services such as schools and hospitals.

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Sunak to waste more money on Britain’s nuclear weapons

“Just weeks after the dust has settled on a budget that did nothing to address the real problems that we face, the government has made yet more public money available for Britain’s nuclear weapons industry and is unusually linking nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the same breath. It’s good that the prime minister is owning up to the linkage, but the suggestion that they are needed for both national and energy security is a complete fallacy. “As the long-delayed Hinkley Point C shows, nuclear power is neither a timely nor cost effective way of generating electricity. It is extremely cynical of the government to use a genuine issue like energy security to greenwash nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The additional funding pumped into these will inevitably find its way into the pockets of investors through government contracts financed by the public.” Read statement by clicking HERE

Bromley & Beckenham CND Newsletter 2017 p2

Notice from Secreta ry Grateful thanks to those of you who are officers, attend meetings, campaign, give donations and pay their subs. As usual the newsletter has been reduced to one per year mainly recording our campaigning. Subs are now due raised to £5 -please send them to Tahrir Swift.[see the last page of this newsletter]. CND still very much needs support especially with the continued conflicts and civil wars. Our military interventions in Iraq and Syria has made the human rights situation a great deal worse, brought about divisions and more conflicts. It is said that between Iraq, Syria and Yemen there are 24 million children 'threatened by conflict' (UNICEF) . There are also concerns regarding the UK's plans for Trident renewal, the use of drones and the dangers from nuclear power pollution from the Fukushima fall out. It would be really supportive if local Bromley and Beckenham members could also join National CND...

2023 Bromley Borough CND Events

Local leafleting on the first Saturday of the month 14:30-16:30 for more details check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/garrettecnd or contact anncgarrett@yahoo.com April 26th - Chernobyl Day stall and vigil - Bromley Market Square 12 00 - 3pm Hiroshima Vigil - August 5th opposite the Churchill Theatre 12 - 3pm - poems and statements. Nagasaki Day - August 9th - Peace Picnic in the Tutu Peace Garden at Grove Park 1.30 - 3pm Poems , music and statements. [ SE London Peace, Justice and Solidarity Network] August 28th Bank Holiday stall - 12 - 3pm Bromley Market Square Sept 21st Peace One Day event at Bromley Friends Meeting House 7 -10pm . Stalls, speaker, films , poetry and music. November 12th - White Poppy Ceremony 10.30 - 11. 00 a.m. at Bromley War Memorial [ SE London Peace, Justice and Solidarity Network ] speeches, poems and music.

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