
Trident being tugged to Faslane Scotland. Photo: Rebecca Johnson
Two decisions, Trident replacement and British membership of the European Union, that are usually considered separately, but which are both claimed by their advocates as serving a vital security role for Britain and beyond. Then along comes UKIP's Nigel Farage, who is not known for championing women's safety, deploying nuclear imagery to scare voters and demonise migrants with his claim that remaining in the EU will unleash a "nuclear bomb" of "sex attacks on women".