David Cameron bangs a familiar war drum
Anti-war MPs and activists mobilise ahead of rushed Commons vote on Isis
BRITISH involvement in the bombing of Islamic State (Isis) militants in Iraq would be “dangerous and counter-productive,” Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn warned yesterday ahead of a crucial Commons vote.
Prime Minister David Cameron has recalled Parliament for today’s crunch decision over whether to commit British forces to the conflict — with warplanes reportedly already poised to launch airstrikes.
He told the United Nations this week that Britain was ready to play its part in confronting “an evil against which the whole world must unite.”
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