http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keeping-trident-stops-nuclear-blackmail-claims-crossparty-commission-9570682.html Keeping Trident 'stops nuclear blackmail,' claims cross-party commission. "Trident Commission" Arrant nonsense from the "Trident Commission" (a cross-party commission led by two former defence secretaries and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats.). The Trident nuclear deterrent is not "independent" and it doesn't deter, so we may as well save the money to spend on more important things. NHS, schools, eliminating the need for food banks for example.