The CND. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is celebrating thirty years of calling The Campaign Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is celebrating thirty years birth the removal of Britain’s nuclear weapons. CND believes in unilateral disarmament. The chairman of the organization, Bruce Kent, says’ Ideas of disarmament have changed in the years. Russian & American leaders now agree that an equal number of weapons of both sides is not necessary for security, & the major cuts of nuclear arms should be made. These ideas stemmed such groups like CND, who have argued wih reductions for years. CND was launched in London in 1958 in a meeting of five thousand enthusiasts. In that time, Britain had just begun to test its own H-bomb, & the policy having its own nuclear weapons to stop other countries of attacking had been made official. By 1961 there were nearly one thousand CND groups in Britain which protecting increased expenditure of nuclear arms. But since then, there had been a decline of member ship. Bruce Kent explains, We failed our attempt to make people see the connection declining social services & the fact that the goverment is spending twelve billion pounds on Trident missiles.
In fact, big ben is the largest of the six bells of westminster palace in london. but it has long been associated with the name of the clock tower, which in september 2012 was officially called “elizabeth tower”. the decision to rename the tower was made by the british parliament to mark the 60th anniversary of the reign of queen elizabeth ii. the tower was built in 1858. the project architect was augustus pugin. the height of the tower and spire is 96.3 m. the palace of westminster, and therefore the tower, is on the parliament square next to westminster abbey. on the opposite side of the palace there is the thames embankment. the clock tower is the largest four-sided clock mechanism in the world, and in addition, with the most accurate clocks. at the base of each of the four clock dials there is a latin inscription “domine salvam fac reginam nostram victoriam primam” (“god save our queen victoria i”). around the perimeter of the tower, on the left and on the right of the clock, there is another phrase in latin – “laus deo” (“glory to god” or “praise the lord”). there used to be a prison in big ben. the last prisoner of big ben was a fighter for women’s rights emmeline pankhurst. now, next to the parliament there is a monument to her.
The CND. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is celebrating thirty years of calling The Campaign Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is celebrating thirty years birth the removal of Britain’s nuclear weapons. CND believes in unilateral disarmament. The chairman of the organization, Bruce Kent, says’ Ideas of disarmament have changed in the years. Russian & American leaders now agree that an equal number of weapons of both sides is not necessary for security, & the major cuts of nuclear arms should be made. These ideas stemmed such groups like CND, who have argued wih reductions for years. CND was launched in London in 1958 in a meeting of five thousand enthusiasts. In that time, Britain had just begun to test its own H-bomb, & the policy having its own nuclear weapons to stop other countries of attacking had been made official. By 1961 there were nearly one thousand CND groups in Britain which protecting increased expenditure of nuclear arms. But since then, there had been a decline of member ship. Bruce Kent explains, We failed our attempt to make people see the connection declining social services & the fact that the goverment is spending twelve billion pounds on Trident missiles.