UK increases its nuclear weapons cap

The UK government is proposing to add 80 new warheads to its already large and unnecessary nuclear weapons arsenal. On the same day of the announcement, it gave NHS workers an insulting 1% pay rise. What the country needs is an injection of funds into essential social services, not a boon for the weapons manufacturers and a needless expense on the mythical notion of "deterrence". The move is also a violation of Article VI of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which directs nuclear nation signatories to move toward disarmament. And it's out of step with the rest of the world as even the US and Russia agree on new START while the UN also ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.