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Press Releases & Updates 1999
5th October 1999
Parliamentary support for the Loch Goil Three
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MSP Tommy Sheridan will be speaking outside Greenock Sheriff’s Court at 9.30am on Wednesday 6th October. He is currently the Scottish Socialist Party’s sole representative in the Scottish Parliament, and has pledged his long-term support for the campaign. He is one of 51 British parliamentarians (5 MSPs, 5 MEPs, 41 MPs) who have signed a pledge of support for Trident Ploughshares.
As the trial enters a second week, the mood in the Court is positive, following the powerful evidence of defence witness Professor Francis Boyle from the USA on Friday, an expert in international law. The supporters begin each day with a procession through Greenock, to remind themselves and others of the wider implications of Britain’s nuclear weapons, especially poignant after the accident in Japan last week. The prosecution yesterday resumed their case and, after a slow start, saw three more MoD witnesses take the stand. However, the trial is expected to continue well into next week, possibly longer.
Next Monday lunchtime Bruce Kent, the former chair of CND and long-time activist and anti-nuclear campaigner, will be making an appearance at the court to show his support for the three women.
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