Per BBC, Great Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown, has revealed to the United Nations he is willing to part with one of the UK’s Trident missile-carrying submarines, leaving Britain with three nuclear capable subs. Brown spoke to the General Assembly proposing a “grand global bargain” as a way to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons and unnecessary stockpiles.

The UK government claims it has made significant cuts to its stockpile of Trident warheads down from 200 to 160, but many British diplomats in the Labor Party would like eliminate the weapons altogether.

Twitter users in the UK express their opinions on Brown’s proposal:

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   philipsidaway (London) big move Gordon (not) — we have 4 nuclear missile subs which we can’t afford & will never use in anger but we can be brave and reduce to 3 23 Sep 2009 from web
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   mital_joshi (London) Dr Logan’s final quote is quality- Britain giving up £billion nuclear submarines it never needed in the first place. http://bit.ly/XvfAD 23 Sep 2009 from web
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   huwspanner (London) Re Trident: I have never, ever heard an argument for our nuclear “deterrent” that is even vaguely convincing when you examine it. 23 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
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   jamiedouglas (London) That’s enough nuclear submarines for me, thank you, stop them here: http://bit.ly/16KpWv 23 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
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   wesstreeting (London) RT @StephenTwigg: Very encouraging to see real moves towards the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons 23 Sep 2009 from web
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   andyglyde (Romford, England) Deciding to scrap a nuclear sub because you already know you can manage without is not in the spirit of disarmament. 23 Sep 2009 from Echofon
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   Grindrod (Forest Hill, London) Love how bankruptcy of UK economy forcing partial Trident scrapping is presented as “grand global bargain” to halt spread of nuclear weapons 23 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck

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