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13/03/2007
Campaigners in Parliament anti-Trident protest
Four Greenpeace campaigners have scaled a crane beside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster in order to protest about the government's plans to update the Trident nuclear weapons system.
The activists then unfurled a 50ft banner saying 'Tony Blair loves WMD'.
Greenpeace said that the campaigners were planning to stay on the crane until the Commons debate and vote on Trident takes place on Wednesday.
The activists are planning to phone MPs asking them to vote against the government on the issue.
On Monday, deputy leader of the Commons Nigel Griffiths resigned from his post in protests over the government's Trident plans.
The Labour MP for Edinburgh South, said that he was resigning with "a heavy heart but a clear conscience".
It was also reported on Tuesday that another MP, Jim Devine, had resigned from his post as a parliamentary private secretary at the Department of Health over the issue.
A Labour rebellion is widely expected over the £20 billion plan to build a new generation of submarines to carry the Trident nuclear missiles.
The Liberal Democrats have said that Parliament should not make a decision on the plans until 2012. However, the Conservatives support the plans.
(KMcA/JM)
The activists then unfurled a 50ft banner saying 'Tony Blair loves WMD'.
Greenpeace said that the campaigners were planning to stay on the crane until the Commons debate and vote on Trident takes place on Wednesday.
The activists are planning to phone MPs asking them to vote against the government on the issue.
On Monday, deputy leader of the Commons Nigel Griffiths resigned from his post in protests over the government's Trident plans.
The Labour MP for Edinburgh South, said that he was resigning with "a heavy heart but a clear conscience".
It was also reported on Tuesday that another MP, Jim Devine, had resigned from his post as a parliamentary private secretary at the Department of Health over the issue.
A Labour rebellion is widely expected over the £20 billion plan to build a new generation of submarines to carry the Trident nuclear missiles.
The Liberal Democrats have said that Parliament should not make a decision on the plans until 2012. However, the Conservatives support the plans.
(KMcA/JM)
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