The Trident 'issue' has has seen a lot of heat recently - from Labour, the Tories, the SNP and even the Yanks. What is everyone so up in arms about, and why are the yanks the only ones that are making sense?
Nicola Sturgeon, the public face of Alex Salmond, and the rest of the SNP hierarch have long opposed Trident - claiming that weapons of mass destruction are immoral and that Scotland (read, SNP) want none of it. Fast forward a few months later, post referendum defeat, and they are now claiming that they oppose Trident based on financial concerns.
Slight change of tack aside, it is clear that they want Trident gone... At least, gone from Scotland. Once they achieve this, if they achieve this, then removing themselves from the Union would be a much simpler affair. Whether or not they realise that they would be left no armed forces whatsoever (even if Trident remained) isn't known, but that doesn't seem to faze them if they do know.
