LAST week, in Taunton, around 20 people gathered at the first of a series of meetings to discuss support for the UN negotiations to make nuclear weapons illegal, in order to head a new nuclear arms race.

Only last Friday, President Trump stated it would be “wonderful” if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise the US must be “top of the pack” and that the US had “fallen behind on nuclear weapon capacity”.

He said this despite the US having over 6,000 nuclear weapons, which is more than enough to deter any enemy.

The meeting decided to support an online petition to ask the UK Government to join the UN talks.

Readers who would also like to support this initiative can find the petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175096

MICHAEL MCGUFFIE
Tonedale
Wellington