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75% Don’t Want War
as Labour gets a free vote on Syria, we must remind the party

LABOUR MPs were granted a free vote yesterday over whether Britain should bomb Syria, but members overwhelmingly stand with Jeremy Corbyn in opposing air strikes. 

Three-quarters of Labour members want want the party’s MPs to vote against David Cameron’s bid to bomb Syria, according to a snap consultation carried out over the weekend. 

More than 100,000 Labour members, party supporters and trade union members took part in an unprecedented exercise in party democracy. 

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