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AS THE 2024 election date approaches, Scottish CND and the wider Scottish peace movement are raising issues relating to nuclear weapons and military spending with candidates up and down the country.
Scottish CND has recently produced a summary of the position of some political parties on nuclear weapons issues.
The summary makes interesting reading.
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