The smash hit film Borat is based on the joke that Kazakhstan is an incredibly backward country.

But in fact Kazakhstan is one of the few countries in the world to have given up its nuclear weapons, having inherited them from the old Soviet Union.

The other countries to have voluntarily dismantled their nuclear weapons are the Ukraine and South Africa.

Meanwhile, supposedly advanced Britain is considering developing an entirely new generation of nuclear bombs.

Weapons so dangerous they can never be used, that are irrelevant to the real defence threats that modern Britain faces, and will cost literally billions of pounds.

I expect they are laughing at us right now in Kazakhstan.

A Newman.

Dryden Street