by tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation hello to you so let's turn our attention to the one country that is currently involved in two wars america america is the only country in the world who has used an atomic bomb against civilian targets do you think they could ever use it again against their current foes perhaps. well i think it's inconceivable that in the type of conflict that the states is involved in now that we see the use of its own. nuclear weapons the encouraging thing is of course is that both the american president obama and russian president medvedev have begun to get in serious talks about deescalating nuclear tensions and this is the first time really probably for a political generation we've seen that kind of optimism we can if we want to seize the politics of a world without nuclear weapons now that may seem fronts full to some but actually with the political will and with a recognition that there are many security issues that people

and tony lloyd labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says there's still the threat of nuclear strikes around the world and it should be taken very seriously. if you look at the the history of the post nuclear age the reality really is this is that the world has been lucky that we've not mourn you can explode is not. gifted by the great foresight and intelligence of our collective politicians nuclear accident could take place even in this this stage now because we know the so much for sale material so it's only at any point in time we couldn't be certain i can say place and cause the problem perforation not simply to new states we know the concern of the moment for example about your brown or north korea something i think across the globe actually may be just as real as the capacity for the terrorist to get hold of nuclear materials and construct but terrorist nuclear weapons know those things to make a world where you could put in very seriously the dangers of nucl

and tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says the world's nuclear powers should follow the example of moscow and washington and negotiate disarmament. britain in recent years has got rid of more weapon system than i think and the and the nuclear nation but the reality i think is this is that in the world as of now the serious talks of got a place between moscow and washington that's got to be the starting point because although there are many of the nuclear states now we're not just china britain france but also india pakistan israel and all of those may be in the development process nevertheless the the the the levels of nuclear weaponry in russia and in the united states so much dominate the nuclear equation that it's really getting those washington moscow talks going with a very firm base is in everybody's interests and but that's why i do take heart by the steps recent i know there's been a little hiccup in recent days but the general trend between

nagasaki japan tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says there is still a threat of nuclear strikes around the world and it should be taken very seriously if you look at the the history of the post nuclear age the reality really is this is that the world has been looking that we've not mourn you can explode is not. gifted by the great foresight and intelligence of. politicians nuclear accident could take place even in this this stage now because we know the so much for sale material so it's only it's only point in time we couldn't be certain since couldn't say place and cause the problem perforation not simply to new states we know the concern the moment for example about iran or north korea something i think across the globe actually may be just as real as the capacity for the terrorists to get hold of nuclear materials and construct but a terrorist nuclear weapon those are things that ought to make the world wake up and take very seriously the dangers of nuclear

nagasaki japan and tony lloyd a labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says there's still a nuclear threat from such countries as iran and north korea but military action against them isn't the answer we know the concern at the moment for example about iran or north korea something i think shared across the globe in the end most of it would be horrified at the idea of any movement towards military engagement with iran we saw the lessons from iraq that says this is not a way of resolving the issue but we do have to be serious iran is an awful lot closer for example to russia than it is to my own country we are in that context a nuclear armed iran could well set off a chain reaction of. to gain nuclear weapons by neighboring countries turkey saudi arabia egypt none of this in the interest of stability in the middle east or stability around the world so we do have to take this in a new question very very seriously it will only work though frankly if moscow and beijing and washington an