Still Commited To Disarmament

BBC iPlayer - The Andrew Marr Show: 27/09/2009

an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Here's what Brown said regarding nuclear weapons:

Every country round that table is now commited to a new non proliferation treaty. Those nuclear weapon states are all now, included britain, commited to reductions of their nuclear arsenals, where that can be done...we are on the verge of a very exciting breakthrough in non proliferation agreements

Wow, if only someone had thought of that before? You know, some kind of Treaty where countries agree to reduce their nuclear arsenals? Why don't I propose a draft statement:

Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective
measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear
disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective
international control.

Wait a minute, does that paragraph sound familiar to anyone? Oh yes! It's Article 6 of the mysteriously already existing Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, which the United Kingdom signed in 1968, and then proceeded to undertake no steps at all to reduce our nuclear arsenal.

Look's like Brown's a bit late then, I guess he'll have to call his Treaty the NNPT 2.0?