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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

£31 billion spent on our preservation - creating thousands of jobs into the bargain - is but chickenfeed in comparison to the half a trillion pounds, which has been wasted paying for our membership of the EU, something which has been responsible for creating the problems which increasingly threaten our existence.

If we're ever in a situation involving a major nuclear state that would realistically necessitate the threat of M.A.D, the civilised world will already be over. As you well know, war has changed, and enemies like ISIS are NOT swayed by the concept of M.A.D.... It's like threatening a swarm of bees with a sledgehammer. Mutually assured destruction is an outdated political philosophy that should have died with the Soviet Union.

And let's be clear - M.A.D is the -- only -- possible reason that we could have for maintaining nukes. If anyone starts launching them, the literal world is finished. Ashes.