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Anti-nuclear `Bin the Bomb' campaign launched in Scotland

A week-long series of events opposing British government's plans to build a new generation of nuclear missiles was launched in Scotland Friday. The events, organized by Scotland's for Peace, include vigils and rallies being held throughout Scotland culminating in a mass march in Glasgow on Saturday, February 24. The campaign brings together the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Catholic Justice and Peace Commission together with trade unions, the United Nations Association and a whole series of peace groups, including the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The events, entitled the Bin the Bomb roadshow, are also supported by British MPs and members of the Scottish Parliament, who are due to address the Glasgow march. An opinion poll by ICM for Scottish CND at the end of January 2007 found that 73 per cent of the people of Scotland, where Britain's Trident submarines are based, oppose spending billions to replace the nuclear missiles.Last September, over 1,500 people took part in Scotland's Long Walk for Peace, from Faslane naval base on the west coast to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh under the banner to 'Make Trident History.' The Glasgow march coincides with a national demonstration in London, when the anti-war protesters seeking the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq join forces with anti-nuclear campaigners in a united call against government plans to replace Trident.
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