Email #31

Dear Harriet

Its been a very long, hot and tiring day.  I love my job, but only when I am out on the side of a pitch or in a changing room.  When I am sat at a desk all day doing accounts, I hate it!

I will keep it short tonight, because I am zapped of everything.

But I have been musing this evening on something I saw on social media about Greenham Common. Those fierce ladies fought so hard and paved the way for activists like me, their brand of Non-Violent Direct Action was a new thing and something I admire. I have a deep respect for those women.

We are going to need that kind of fierceness, that kind of strength in the days to come.  We have a long road ahead of us, but because of their spirit, I know we can and we will achieve an end to austerity, and an end to Trident.  Their spirit lives on, and in Faslane today the people of Scotland are making their voices heard once again.  Scotland says quite clearly its time: scrap Trident.

In an uncertain economic climate, we could achieve savings of around £100bn from nuclear disarmament.  Trident wont curb the threat of terrorism.  Nuclear stockpiling does not act as a deterrent.  

But it is a black hole that could instead fund the NHS.

It is time for Westminster to listen to Scotland and the people of the rest of the UK who add their voices together to say SCRAP TRIDENT.

Now is the time for Westminster to listen, on both sides of the commons.

Pledge to bring an end to Trident.

Constituent, Labour Party member, Union member, sleep deprived carer, concerned citizen, self employed mother, mother of a teenager with ASD, socialist, environmentalist, Disabled Rights supporter, Jeremy Corbyn supporter, mother feeding her children with nectar points, defender of the vulnerable, advocate, logistics savant, concerned niece, grassroots activist, anti austerity campaigner, RNLI supporter, unashamed welfare state service user & social housing tenant, protester, fire brigade supporter, carers allowance claimant, less than perfect parent, socialist agitator, worrier, mental health service user, football mum, social justice campaigner, immigrant, proletarian, CND supporter