Former Prime Minister and traffic cone supremo John Major has declared that the UK is no longer a superpower.
So long as we retain a nuclear deterrent we remain a super power.
Only by foolishly following the CND (letters November 12 ) would we cease to be whilst exposing ourselves to unknown global threats.
Michael McGough,
Wellfields, Loughton
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