Debate on Replacing Trident

An interesting series of letters in the Guardian this morning on replacing/abandoning the Trident nuclear deterrant:

Your article doesn't mention the fifth option the government must consider: to abandon plans for Trident replacement, to take Trident off patrol and confine warheads to an internationally monitored site in the UK. The UK could then credibly lead efforts to strengthen international disarmament negotiations. This would make us all safer, and provide reassurance to those who believe the UK should not be entirely without a nuclear option while other nations have the bomb.
Dr Dominick Jenkins
Greenpeace disarmament campaigner

The real time for a decision on Trident's scrapping or replacement will be under the government's fresh leadership. It can't be rushed through before the Downing Street removal vans arrive.
David Partridge
Co-chair, Clergy Against Nuclear Arms

When, exactly, are we going to have the full and open public debate that the Labour party policy has promised us? If the decision is taken quickly, in parliament and debate stifled by party whips, where is the democracy in that? Or are democratic ideals for export only?
Joy Hurcombe
Worthing, West Sussex