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Labour MPs told: Don’t bomb Syria
No air strikes without UN backing, says conference
LABOUR members issued clear instructions to their representatives in Parliament yesterday not to sanction air strikes on Syria without UN authorisation.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for a free vote if PM David Cameron stages a second vote on bombing Syria.
But conference backed a Unite motion demanding that MPs oppose intervention without stringent safeguards.
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