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I'm not being very intelligent about this I know - I'm struggling at the moment to tap my general bafflement/immense rage at Government policy. Trident is a classic example of the Government being little shits and frightening people into thinking that the ridiculous thing is worth the enormous price-tag.
From the Guardian:
In his memoirs, Tony Blair said of Trident: “The expense is huge and the utility … non-existent in terms of military use.” He said he could clearly see the force of the “common sense and practical argument” against Trident, but in the end he thought that giving it up would be “too big a downgrading of our status as a nation”.
PS maybe selective quoting - I haven't read Blair's memoirs.