Trident: Keep it or scrap it? #whyvote

In Leeds we have Hillary Benn for Labour, Sam Gyimah for the Conservatives, Brian Paddick for the Lib Dems, Amelia Womack for the Greens, Nathan Garbutt.

The debate in Leeds is already getting under way. They are discussing Trident.

A forest of hands have just gone up when Jon Snow has asked the young people who would support Labour but for their support for the continuation of Trident.

Jon challenges Mr Benn whether Britain is safer than Sweden where all plans for weapons of mass destruction were scrapped in mid-1970s

Maybe we face differnt threats to those that Sweden faces, Mr Benn says.

Brian Paddick, for the Lib Dems, says that Trident should be seen as “big ticket item” parts of which could be scrapped to avoid harsh cuts to welfare.

Jon asks the audience how many people have read a manifesto at all. Almost every hand goes up. A few sheepish hands admit to reading none.