Only a nutter like Gordon Brown would think it's a good idea to scrap Trident

Do I sleep more safely in my bed at night knowing Britain has an independent nuclear deterrent? To be perfectly honest, no. Of all the most clear and present dangers to British security right now, I cannot immediately think of any that could be averted by the despatch of a Trident missile with a warhead the equivalent of 8 Hiroshimas.

Imagine the target is Brussels: now how do you feel about it? (Photo: AP)

But the reason for that is, like you I imagine, I happen to live in a place called...