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Replied to a letter from Scotland's for Peace saying: "I am not a unilateralist. However, I do think the next Parliament will have to consider Trident carefully. My own attitude will depend on the cost of the programme vis-a-vis the fiscal constraints the country may be operating within; it will also depend on my judgment about the role that the Trident renewal might play in a further round of multilateral disarmament (following on from the US-Russia accord). So, not an objection of principle to Britain's nuclear deterrent but a concern about the cost and also about Trident's place in a world which will be (I hope) engaged in multilateral disarmament."
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