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| Bruce Kent, left, with supporters Rama Gupta, of Loughborough, and Liz Brandon, right |
CND's Bruce visits city
Anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Bruce Kent called for Britain to ditch its submarine-based deterrent as part of a "scrap Trident missile tour".
Mr Kent said it was immoral to consider embarking on replacing the missiles when so many people across Britain were being hit by savage cuts in social welfare.
Speaking after a prayer meeting at the Bishop Street Methodist church, Mr Kent, who is vice-president of national CND, said: "It seems to me that we, as a country, are moving towards replacing, at vast expense, our Trident submarines and their murderous missiles and warheads.
"The total cost of this would be over £100 billion."
He said the crisis with North Korea demonstrated the futility of nuclear weapons.
He said: "It's hypocrisy to say we can have them but they can't."
Mr Kent is visiting 22 towns and cities in England.
He arrived in the city at the Gandhi statue, near the flyover in Belgrave Road, and was later greeted by city mayor Sir Peter Soulsby, at the Town Hall.
He also attended a lecture at De Montfort University, and a public meeting at St Phillip's church hall in Evington Road and gave a talk to students at Countesthorpe College.
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