Britain doesn’t need a new nuclear deterrent: It needs a better one

Britain doesn’t need a new nuclear deterrent: It needs a better one

Last week, before party members gathered at the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference in York, Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, called for the UK to rethink its nuclear deterrent. His argument was clear: while Britain should continue to rely on Trident in the near term, it ought to begin building a fully sovereign nuclear capability to replace it by the 2040s, ending our dependence on the United States. Considering the mercurial nat…