A debate in the Labour Party that has been around for 70 years which the media now calls a "new" split.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/30/labour-split-on-defence-grows-as-eagle-criticises-corbyn-over-trident Labour split on defence grows as Maria Eagle criticises Corbyn over Trident The "row" within the labour party, as the hysterical media report it, or the debate as it actually is (and as sensible people describe it), surrounding the question of nuclear weapons and “deterrence” has been going on for decades. Since the 1945 in fact, when the sights and sounds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were still fresh in the mind as recent memory or for some, actual experience, the abhorrence and revulsion at the thought that any civilised nation could employ weapons of mass destruction against the civilian population of another country has for many, been too awful to contemplate. The debate has moved on since then, through the CND days of the 1950's, the Aldermaston Ma...