"truth-in-advertising" paint patrol
TP2000 at the gates of hell

Coulport, Scotland 18 August

Late Tuesday 17 August, activists from the Trident Ploughshares disarmament camp at Coulport entered the compound of a nuclear weapons submarine testing station at Cove on Loch Long, Scotland, and painted peace messages on the exterior of the building and on the compound tarmac.

UK Police defend the most horrendous weapon ever built in human history from the depradations of nonviolent resisters at the Coulport sub base in Scotland. photo: TP2000

The test station is a neat little building that normally sits unobtrusively in the middle of the picturesque village of Cove. It is now covered with slogans such as: TRIDENT IS ILLEGAL, TRIDENT IS VERMIN and NUREMBERG 4 (referring to the Nuremberg Principles under which all citizens are responsible for upholding international humanitarian law).

Among the eight arrested at the site and charged with malicious mischief was Peter Lanyon, 67, from Leiston in Suffolk, a member of the Woodwoses affinity group, which is based in Norwich, Peter, a retired teacher, said: "The Trident system, every bit of it, must be exposed for the ugly and malicious thing that it is. That is what we were up to last night."

Also arrested were Sylvia Boyes, 55, of Birmingham and Judith Pritchard, 77, of Malvern, Worcestershire, who were apprehended while cutting their way into the Coulport base, where Trident nuclear warheads are stored. The activists, drawn from eight nationalities, are part of the two week long Trident Ploughshares disarmament camp at Coulport.

Other obviously dangerous characters are two Northumbrian women, Joy Mitchell. 66, and Joan Meredith 69, who were released on bail. This was, for both women, their fourth arrest of the camp. Their trial will be held on 21 October.

Since the camp began there have been 63 arrests.

Lock Goil disarmers date
A trial date of 27 September has been set for the Loch Goil plowshares. Email: tp2000@gn.apc.org