Blockade highlighted obscenity of Trident

As one of the many people taking part in the protest against Trident at Faslane on Monday, let me make some observations. The protest involved perhaps 1000 people and succeeded in blockading the two main entrances to the base. After leaving the blockade and returning home I watched the coverage on the Scottish news. Both main evening news programmes featured it as a major item. The next day all the quality Scottish papers gave it widespread coverage, with a resulting and ongoing debate. Given that the main aim of the blockade was to generate this kind of publicity and make people aware of the issue, one would have to say that it was a great success. If this and other protests had not taken place there would simply be no coverage and the government would take the lack of opposition as acquiescence.