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Marchers to make Trident protest Campaigners make Trident protest
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Anti-Trident campaigners are to march through Edinburgh before attending a rally in Princes Street Gardens. Hundreds of campaigners have marched through Edinburgh to protest about the Trident nuclear weapons system.
The protest will be a follow-up to last month's Trident summit, which was organised by the Scottish Government. The march and rally was intended to put pressure on the UK Government to remove all nuclear weapons from Scottish soil.
It is intended to put pressure on the UK Government to remove all nuclear weapons from Scottish soil. Police said about 1,200 people took part in the event which was a follow-up to last month's Trident summit, organised by the Scottish Government.
The march and rally is being organised by the Scotland's For Peace campaign, which includes religious, trade union and peace groups. The SNP-administration is against the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent, which is based at Faslane on the Clyde.
The march will begin at the Scottish Parliament at noon before heading to Princes Street Gardens, where there will be speakers from the Christian churches and the Muslim Association. Scottish soil
There will also be speakers from all the main political parties, except the Conservatives, and entertainment from the singer Karine Polwart. The march and rally was organised by the Scotland's For Peace campaign, which includes religious, trade union and peace groups.
The organisers said it would be a chance for the general public to show their support for the Scottish Parliament's opposition to any replacement for the Trident submarines based on the Clyde. It began at the Scottish Parliament before heading to Princes Street Gardens.
Police have warned motorists of potential traffic delays from the People and Parliament Against Trident march, which will last about an hour. Campaigners then attended a rally where SNP MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville read out a message of support from First Minister Alex Salmond.
It said: "The position of the Scottish Government is clear - we are opposed to the replacement of the Trident system and the deployment of weapons of mass destruction on Scottish soil."
Scotland now has a real opportunity to make a decisive contribution to disarmament by stopping the replacement of Trident Isobel LindsayScotland's for Peace
In her speech the Lothians MSP said: "We want Scotland to be a force for peace in the world, not a storage depot for weapons of mass destruction."
She added: "Trident is economically inept and morally repugnant.
"Its presence on our shore is an insult to democracy and an insult to all of us who believe peace is preserved by persuasion and diplomacy not threats and aggression."
Other politicians at the event included John Barrett, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West and Patrick Harvie, a Green MSP for Glasgow.
Representatives of the Church of Scotland, the Catholic Church and the Muslim Association of Scotland also attended, along with Phil McGarry, the president of the Scottish Trades Union Congress.
Scotland's for Peace convener Isobel Lindsay said: "Scotland now has a real opportunity to make a decisive contribution to disarmament by stopping the replacement of Trident and this would be an initiative that would have an international impact for good."