Parliament will debate Trident on Monday, in a move seen by many in the Labour party as a naked Tory gambit designed to highlight divisions within the party.
Members will be asked whether they support backing a nuclear deterrent “for as long as the global security situation demands”.
Writing in this paper, Clive Lewis, the shadow defence secretary, and Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, argued:
Such a vague, indefinite commitment precludes any possibility of Britain ever stepping down the nuclear ladder and contributing to global multilateral disarmament
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