Should the UK give up its nuclear weapons? | BBC Politics Live

SNP MP Pete Wishart has said the UK should save money to spend on the Armed Forces by scrapping its nuclear arsenal. Speaking to BBC's Politics Live, Wishart said: "they’re talking even about cutting the welfare budget and leaving some of the most vulnerable people in our country exposed to whatever austerity will be coming when we’ve got a weapon here that we will hopefully never ever use.” Former Head of the Royal Navy and Labour peer Lord West disagreed saying, “I would not be happy with people like Putin running around if we didn’t have any nuclear weapons.” Read more on this story on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/4xiZP6O For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #UKPolitics #BBCNews