Prize Devon Fudge: Buff Huhne is NOT a Unilateralist

Luke Akehurst suggests that Buff Huhne joined the SDP rather than sticking with Labour a lifetime ago because they were nuclear warheads. Therefore, suggests Luke, Mr Huhne may be a Libdemologist that is also an opportunist. Fancy that!

Then again he may not actually be a unilateralist at all. I'm certain he isn't. Huhne has not ruled out a different deterrent under the next Huhne government.

In fact on BBC News 24 in the early hours of 28 October 2007 this commenter caught Huhne calling for a continued deterrent, simply not launched from Trident submarines. The Observer published him at the same time calling for a "minimal deterrent" largely on cost grounds rather than principle.

Trident is famously awesomely expensive after all - far more so than other options. This is prize Devon fudge from this Lib Dem pretender. Hardly enough of a prize though to keep socialists and peaceniks in the Lib Dem tent. But enough perhaps to scare off the Tory horsies.