Labour
Earlier predictions that 100 or more Labour MPs would back bombing — the same number as rebelled against Tony Blair to oppose the Iraq war in 2003 — are looking inaccurate.
The whips office estimates that shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will lead between 30 to 50 Labour hawks into the lobby behind Dave Cameron.
Deputy leader Tom Watson is also expected to be in the group consisting mainly of Blairites like Liz Kendall, Chris Leslie and John Woodcock, but also party grandees such as Alan Johnson and Margaret Beckett.
Labour’s toxic centrists have wealthy backers but there’s little to suggest they can win over MPs or party members in an open fight, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Morning Star Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON analyses polling for the Senedd election — and it’s bad news for Welsh Labour
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES



