Britain’s history means that we have a role to play in world affairs; whether we like it or not we can’t be isolated on our island and only think ourselves.

We must play our part in the world and part of that means we must be part of the coalition of nations dedicated to preserving world peace by stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The only way of effectively doing this is by having an active Nuclear Deterrent ourselves. Whilst nations are threatening peace by attempting to develop nuclear weapons illegally, we must play our part in deterring them for developing or even worse using them and that means Trident.

In a world that is rapidly changing it would be irresponsible to remove the weapons system that has guaranteed our nation’s safety for generations, because no one knows what the next 40 years will bring for our country; what challenges we will face and to remove our nuclear deterrent without that knowledge would be a dereliction of duty to future generations.

Those reasons alone should be enough to support Trident’s Renewal, but the massive economic benefits it brings to our area cannot be ignored.

The GMB union estimates that as many as 40,000 jobs here in Scotland are directly and indirectly linked to the existence of Trident.

Just in the Faslane base itself, which only exists to house Trident, 6,800 people including contractors are employed according to the Ministry of Defence. What happens if those jobs go? What happens to the hotels that rely on visiting contractors to fill their rooms? Or the pubs that need sailors visiting on a Saturday night to keep on going?

Those that want to get rid of Trident like the SNP and Jeremy Corbyn have no plans of how they would replace those jobs or how they would support our area after Trident was removed.

Trident is a vital part of our area’s economic security and of world security; it is of the utmost importance that it is renewed.