Miliband to attend National Security Council

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has announced that Ed Miliband will attend tomorrow’s meeting of the National Security Council:

“When the NSC was established, we said leader of opposition would be invited on occasional basis.”

“They’ll be talking about a number of issues including Afghanistan, Iran and Syria…It makes sense to discuss major issues of foreign policy and that’s what’s happening tomorrow.”

“I’m sure they’ll discuss the full range of issues around Syria and clearly Syria was an important topic at the recent G8… It makes sense on occasion to invite the leader of the Opposition to the NSC to discuss national security priorities.”