Could Labour change its tune on Trident?

As election day looms closer, parliamentary candidates continue to wreak havoc on party campaigns. This time Labour is in the spotlight over the issue of national security, defence and, specifically, its position on Trident — one of the issues on which the public rate the Tories over Starmer’s army.

Sir Keir Starmer promised his party would ensure a ‘nuclear triple lock’ — which would maintain Britain’s continuous at-sea deterrent (CASD). The Labour leader is keen to hammer home how his party’s stance on nuclear weapons has changed since the Corbyn era, after Jezza caused controversy with his unwavering opposition to nukes. But one potential future cabinet minister, candidate for Sheffield Heeley and Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh, has suggested that the issue of Britain’s nuclear weapons system is up for debate:

There are issues on the table that have not been debated in the Labour Party since before I was born: Trident, membership of NATO and a real alternative to austerity.