CHORUS OF CRITICISM: LABOUR MPS ATTACK CORBYN IN COMMONS
John Woodcock: 'I
will do everything I can to stop my party becoming essentially the
cheerleader, the vanguard for a sort of angry, intolerant pacifism,
which sets a myriad of conditions, of preconditions, which they know
will never be met, and will ultimately say no to any military
intervention.'
Alan Johnson: 'I
wish I had frankly the self-righteous certitude of the finger-jabbing
representatives of our new and kinder type of politics, who will no
doubt soon be contacting those of us who support this motion tonight.'
Margaret Beckett: 'Should
we take no further action against Daesh, who are themselves killing
innocent people and striving to kill more every day of the week? Or
should we simply leave it to others?'
Yvette Cooper:
'I disagree with those who say we should wait until the peace process
is completed in order to take airstrike action against Daesh.'
ED MILIBAND JOINS CORBYN TO OPPOSE MILITARY INTERVENTION
Former
Labour leader Ed Miliband will vote against extending air strikes into
Syria, claiming the case for raids has not been made.
Prime
Minister David Cameron has failed to outline a clear plan for securing a
political settlement or set out a convincing argument that the bombing
campaign will make Britain safer, he said.
Mr
Miliband ordered his party to oppose military intervention against
Bashar Assad's brutal regime in Syria during a vote in 2013 in a move
that helped to defeat the Government.
He
said: 'Isil cannot be defeated from the air alone, as even supporters
of air strikes acknowledge, and because Isil's success depends on the
vacuum created from a multi-sided civil war.
'Neither
an explanation of who the ground troops will be, nor the political
settlement we are seeking in Syria, or how we get there, has been
provided by the Government. We would be going ahead without an adequate
road-map or a clear strategy.'
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