Britain & The Bomb (124)

<p>In Britain and the Bomb Bill Nuttall considers Britain&apos;s national journey from Empire to Europe and the transition of British nuclear weapons from the Royal Air Force to the Royal Navy.</p><p>If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a written reviews in Apple podcasts or share us on social media. By telling your friends you can really help the podcast grow.</p><p>It costs money and time to produce this podcast so I’m asking listeners to contribute $3 USD per month to help keep us on the air (larger amounts are welcome too) plus you can get a sought after CWC coaster as a monthly financial supporter of the podcast and you bask in the warm glow of knowing you helping preserve Cold War history.</p><p>Just go to <a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/</a></p><p>Thanks to latest Patreons including Chris Pearson, Dave Parry, John Rafferty, This is Rammy, John Helsinki Scott G, Graham Horlock and Mister Giles.</p><p>Back to today’s episode, the story pivots around a single day in April 1965. The recently-established Labour government very publicly cancelled the much-vaunted TSR2 nuclear strike bomber, causing dismay among aviation enthusiasts. The passing decades have done little to diminish the controversy and a pervasive sense of nostalgic melancholy about a lost Britain.</p><p> We welcome Bill Nuttall to our Cold War conversation…</p><p>There’s further information on this episode in our show notes, which can also be found as a link in your podcast app.<a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/episode124/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/episode124/</a></p><p>If you like what you are hearing, please leave reviews in Apple podcasts and share us on social media.</p><p>If you can’t wait for next week’s episode do visit our Facebook discussion group where guests and listeners continue the Cold War Conversation. Just search Cold War Conversations in Facebook.</p><p>Thankyou very much for listening. It is really appreciated – goodbye.</p><p>Hi there, a quick w