Methodist Conference Reaffirms Opposition to Trident

A key debate has taken place on Trident at this week’s Methodist Conference in Scotland where an overwhelming majority voted down an amendment that was in favour nuclear warheads renewal.

The debate centred on the issue of the Government’s highly controversial decision to replace the nuclear warheads in spite of the non-proliferation treaty it signed with the United Nations.

The amendment to the ‘Notice of Motion 104 – Ethics of Modern Warfare’ proposed the deletion of a key phrase in the motion that expressed clear opposition to the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

The proposed amendment was voted down in an overwhelming show of hands at the Conference which opened Saturday in Edinburgh, taking the Conference north of the border for the first time in 200 years.