Scottish National Party, WESTMINSTER: Speaking today following revelations in the Telegraph newspaper on that two chartered Airbus A310 cargo planes filled with GBU 28 laser-guided bombs landed at Prestwick airport on route to Israel from the USA, the SNP's Shadow Defence Minister Angus Robertson called for Ministers to intervene to stop Scotland's role in the conflict.
Mr Robertson said:
“The UK Government must get behind the United Nations' call for ceasefire by both Hezbollah and Israel, rather than using Scotland as a staging post for supplying weapons of mass destruction. The London Labour government must end UK involvement in this process now.
“This issue once again highlights the need for an end to the hypocrisy shown by the Liberal Democrats, who have again called for an investigation at Westminster but importantly, where their Minister is responsible for transport at Holyrood, they are doing nothing to stop these flights.”
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