Morning Star, 20/02/07
SCOTTISH Socialist MSPs Rosie Kane and Frances Curran boarded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise on Monday as it sailed from Greenock to Faslane as part of the "Trident - we don't buy it" campaign.
Both MSPs are veteran anti-nuclear campaigners and are strongly opposed to new Labour's plans to renew Britain's nuclear missiles based on the Clyde.
Both were arrested at the Faslane nuclear base last month during a peaceful protest against the plans.
"We are pleased to join the Greenpeace protest which adds to the mushrooming opposition to Blair's nuclear weapons madness," the MSPs said in a statement.
"We need more homes, free school meals, free public transport and an end to privatisation - not more spending on war and nuclear missiles.
"It's time to get the missiles out of the Clyde and end our involvement with Britain's weapons of mass destruction."
The Arctic Sunrise trip is part of a week of national protest building up to the massive Stop the War demonstrations in London and Glasgow on Saturday.
(More on this in
Colin Fox MSP's Blog)
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