Scottish National Party Group Hosts Anti-NATO Seminar

The Press Association
August 25, 2012

SNP group hosts anti-Nato seminar

Trident missile fired from a Vanguard class nuclear-powered submarine

Anti-Nato campaigners will try to persuade SNP members at a conference to uphold the party’s long-standing position of keeping an independent Scotland out of the alliance.

The party’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) group opposes moves by the leadership, including First Minister Alex Salmond, to swing the party behind Nato in the event of Scottish independence.

It is hosting a seminar in Glasgow to “educate” nationalists about what the about-turn in policy could mean for the party and its chances of securing a Yes vote in the referendum in two years.

Gareth Finn, SNP CND group convener, said: “The main aim is to educate SNP members about what membership of Nato would look like. I’d like to think they’re all anti-nuclear but when it comes to Nato, there’s a small…