Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence)
Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow South
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I will be brief. After a vote for independence, who will the nuclear deterrent belong to?
Yes—so it is not ours.
I will be brief, as I have just given a long speech. When we put this matter to Scottish people in elections, they always return a majority of Members, not just from my party but from the Scottish Labour party, who oppose hosting the deterrent in Scotland. On the deterrent being in Scotland and the independence of NATO, is the hon. Gentleman really suggesting that the entirety of the UK’s...
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Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election
Stewart McDonald campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC
Last updated: 16 May 2022.
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