Archbishop of Canterbury and Trident

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has said that many people would never accept the morality even of threatening destruction by "intrinsically indiscriminate" weapons, such as the Trident nuclear deterrent.

In July, a group of bishops (including the Bishop of Coventry) warned Mr Blair that the possession of Trident weapons was "evil" and "profoundly anti-God".

In September, the leader of the Anglican Church in Wales, Archbishop Barry Morgan, insisted that the money spent on it could instead save 16,000 children from dying from preventable diseases every day.

BBC News says that Williams is determined that a national debate on Trident should take place and that the Church of England's voice should be heard.