Today we heard that the US has secretly withdrawn its 110 free-fall nuclear bombs from an RAF base at Lakenheath in Suffolk. The US has had nuclear bombs in Britain, under the guise of Nato, since the 1950s – outside any accountability or democratic control from the British government or parliament. They have been the focus of protest since they first arrived and similar stocks in western European countries have also been the subject increasing protest.

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BRITAIN'S leading anti-nuclear protester is set to head this year's Edinburgh May Day parade tomorrow. Pat Arrowsmith has been invited to Edinburgh to mark the 50th anniversary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. She has been an active protester since the 1950s, when she led the first march to an atomic weapons factory in Aldermaston.

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