The Englishman listed a number of public services which would benefit from the money it would cost to replace Trident.

However, Argyll and Bute MP Alan Reid said Trident is 'necessary deterrent’.

Trident costs £3 billion each year to run and the government estimates the replacement costs will range between £15bn to £20bn.

In his latest episode of The Trews, Mr Brand claims that instead of Trident, the UK could 'create two million jobs rather than save the 7,000 currently sustained by the spending on nuclear weapons’, fully fund all A and E services in hospitals for over forty years, and build 100,000 wind turbines – enough to power all UK households.

He added: “In every single conceivable way it it’s much better. The only possible argument for continuing with Trident could be that it’s somehow useful. And not even that’s true.” A stand-up comedian and actor, Mr Brand has recently made a name for himself as a part-time political activist through his book Revolution where he published his thoughts on modern socialism. Last year he launched YouTube series The Trews, where he analyses the news and claims of politicians. He has also been involved in a number of anti-austerity movements.

Mr Brand is believed to have sourced his information from a New Statesman article written by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s General Secretary Kate Hudson.

As a result, Mr Brand has been invited to meet Trident workers face to face by Barrrow-in-Furness MP John Woodcock.

The Trident replacement programme at Barrow employs around 1,400 workers.

In response to Mr Brand’s claims, Mr Reid said: “If Britain decides to replace the Vanguard submarines, Trident will cost each person in the country about 11 pence a day.

“I think that is well worth the price for the security it will bring over the next 40-50 years in a very uncertain world. Of course we should make every effort to negotiate world-wide nuclear disarmament, but until we achieve that aim, Trident is a necessary deterrent against us being attacked with nuclear weapons. Nobody knows what powers may rise up to threaten us during the next 40-50 years.” Mr Brand’s comments came a day after Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander rejected the possibility of scrapping Trident and granting Scotland full fiscal autonomy in the case of a Labour-SNP coalition.