PM: I Am Prepared To Press Red Button

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The Prime Minister has said he is prepared to press the red button if he has to, as he looked to exploit Labour's division on the nation's security.

On the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, David Cameron said he believed the country should retain the Trident nuclear deterrent.

And he said that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's recent comment that he would not authorise the use of nuclear weapons even if Britain was under nuclear attack "undermined national security".

Mr Cameron said: "The problem with his answer is, if you ... believe like me that Britain should keep the ultimate insurance policy of an independent nuclear deterrent, you have to accept there are circumstances in which its use would be justified.

"If you give any other answer then you are, frankly, undermining our national security, undermining our deterrent, " he told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show.

Mr Corbyn's remarks in an interview marred the last day of the Labour Party Conference.

The party is significantly divided on the issue with a number of prominent Shadow Cabinet members seeking to retain the Trident system - which is up for renewal next year - and Mr Corbyn suggesting he was happy to accept a split on the issue.

Security is one of the three key themes of the Conservative conference - the others are stability and opportunity - and Mr Cameron will be seeking to capitalise on Labour's division on the country's defence capabilities.
Mr Cameron also confirmed there would be a vote on British military action in Syria - despite Russia's recent intervention.

Mr Cameron told The Sunday Telegraph, the Ministry of Defence would buy a fleet of 20 Protector drones from the US.

On Saturday, Mr Cameron said Russian strikes in Syria were hitting citizens and helping the "butcher Bashar al Assad".

He said that few of the strikes were hitting IS targets. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said only one in 20 attacks have hit the terrorists.

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RED BUTTON It's pathetic, isn't it? I think David is afraid of Jeremy?..TOM&JERRY!!!

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THIUGHT a sugar babes song

[gopher7]

But he'll have to ask Obama for permission to press the button, 'cause USA own the Nukes. The UK doesn't have an Independent Nuclear Deterrent.

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oh so if he could press the red button he would, says it all about him.

[GastonJ]

Warmonger wanting to make a name for himself. There are plenty of names for him, but all will be filtered out.

He and his ilk are the reason that nukes shouldn't exist. Case made already.

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Off topic:-

gaston pop over to Twitter the offical no10 gov feed, read the comments.

onky seen 1 good one that because of a retweet for a chairty

[ifred]

I can see it now! Ermmm Dave we're about to be annihilated Err what can we do about that? Umm well you can press that red button thingy over there. Err what does that do? well the people who are about to annihilated us will be a little bit peeved with you. Uhh want does that mean? Well when you bend over and stick yer head up your arse as the ~~~~ hits the fan at least your press the button, unfortunately the man at the buzzer attached at the other end to the button was made redundant last year in the cutbacks