Chilcot should not mean we ignore our responsibility to protect
The Chilcot Report, released last week, offers the most comprehensive, evidence-based account ever written of the decisions that…
Intervention
Syria intervention: MPs vote for airstrikes against ISIS
Thursday, 06.51: Final scores were 66 Aye, 152 No, 11 Abstain. The full list of how every Labour…
“Only a negotiated peace settlement can overcome the Isil threat in Syria” – full text of Corbyn statement
Mr Speaker, The whole House recognises that decisions to send British forces to war are the most serious,…
Syria intervention is not party political – ultimately, it is a matter of judgement
Later today MPs will vote on whether or not Britain should join airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. Instead…
Labour’s Syria tensions remain fraught despite free vote
Jeremy Corbyn has warned that “there is no hiding place” for Labour MPs who vote in favour of…
A free vote was always the best Corbyn could have hoped for
There’s a great Smiths track called ‘I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish’. Actually, I think all Smiths and…
Labour to have free vote on airstrikes in Syria
Labour MPs will not be whipped on how to vote on proposals for airstrikes against ISIS in Syria,…
Corbyn writes to Cameron to demand two-day debate on Syria
Jeremy Corbyn has today called on David Cameron to allow a two-day Commons debate on proposed intervention in Syria.…
Corbyn writes to NEC in search of backing over Syria
UPDATE 13.09: There was a move to try and call an emergency NEC meeting this morning, which was…
Shadow Cabinet on course to give MPs free vote on Syria
The Shadow Cabinet appears to be on course to give Labour MPs a free vote on airstrikes against…
