The 24 Labour MPs who opposed airstrikes against ISIL
The vast majority of Labour MPs (and MPs from across the Commons) voted in favour of airstrikes against…
Iraq
“This is the hardest test, but the aim is clear” – Watch Ed Miliband’s Iraq statement
Ed Miliband this morning spoke in favour of UK involvement in airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq. He said:…
How many Labour MPs will rebel over Iraq airstrikes?
The debate over airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL is ongoing this afternoon in the Commons. It’s clear that…
Ed Miliband’s full Commons statement on Iraq airstrikes
Mr Speaker, I rise to support the government motion concerning military action against ISIL in Iraq. It is…
LabourList readers back airstrikes – but ground troops are out of the question
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander confirmed on ITV’s Good Morning Britain earlier today that Labour will be supporting…
Ed Miliband has made the right call on Iraq. Now he must make the right call on Syria too
Today Ed Miliband will stand in Parliament, and back the government’s plans for airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq.…
Air strikes in Iraq are a fundamental mistake
Over eleven years ago, MPs filed into the House of Commons to determine whether the UK should invade…
Labour on Iraq and Syria: No Contradiction
With the Cabinet meeting today and Parliament being recalled tomorrow, it looks as if British forces will again…
Recall of Parliament: MPs must redefine the art of the possible
Bismarck said “diplomacy is the art of the possible”. The “possible” exists at the interface between what we…
Miliband says Labour will back airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq (but, not yet, in Syria)
After a a hastily arranged Shadow Cabinet meeting this afternoon in Manchester, Ed Miliband has announced this evening…
