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Build Back Better? A lost opportunity

In January we celebrated the entry into force of the new UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, but our joy was short-lived. On 26/02/21, we heard from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey that Labour’s support for the ‘nuclear deterrent’ is ‘non-negotiable’. Much worse was to come with the publication of the …

Nuclear Weapon Ban Ratified!

MAW celebrations as Nuclear Prohibition Treaty is ratified MAW members will be among the millions of people delighted to know that The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which opened for signature at UN in New York on 20 September 2017, entered into force on 22 January 2021 when …

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Hiroshima/Nagasaki 75th Anniversary, 2020

Atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow wrote to PM Johnson to mark the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings. She asked that the UK join the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). MAW sent the letter to UK Party Leaders, asking them to support the treaty.

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