Labour CND

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Labour CND (Lab CND) is a 'Specialist Section' of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, specifically relating to CND-supporting members the Labour Party.

It was established in 1979 and exists to this day. High-profile members of Labour CND include the current Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn MP, former MPs Alice Mahon and Walter Wolfgang. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw were once members as young MPs.

Labour CND is not formally affiliated to the Labour Party as a socialist society.

External links

  • Labour CND Homepage
  • Labour CND Archive at University of Warwick
  • Steve Boggan (10 February 1998). "Politics: New Labour MPs bring CND back to parliament". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-08-06.