Cameron’s Statements on Possible Nuclear Weapons Use Shameful - NGO

The campaign officer with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament non-governmental organization claims that the statements of David Cameron on the possible use of nuclear weapons in certain circumstances are shameful.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The statements of UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the possible use of nuclear weapons in certain circumstances are shameful, the campaign officer with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) non-governmental organization told Sputnik Monday.

On Sunday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron criticized a recent comment by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who suggested that nuclear weapons should never be used by the United Kingdom, even under attack, and stated his opposition to the renewal of the UK Trident nuclear weapon program.

Cameron claimed that there are circumstances in which the use of a nuclear bomb is justified.

"It is shameful that the Prime Minister David Cameron has said there are circumstances in which he would use nuclear weapons," Sara Medi Jones said.

CND disagrees that nuclear weapons are an "insurance policy," as they merely increase the risk of war and mutually-assured destruction.

"Each of these warheads has eight times the power of the bomb that devastated Hiroshima and would cause untold damage and devastation," Jones added.

According to the NGO representative, CND welcomed Corbyn's strong commitment to nuclear disarmament.

Britain is committed to multilateral disarmament through the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it signed in 1968. The CND representative noted that, so far, Britain has not played a particularly constructive role in the process. The NGO officer called for London to lead the way by dismantling the Trident program.