The British Parliament is to vote tomorrow, December 2nd, on whether to start air raids on Isil.
The British Parliament is to vote tomorrow, December 2nd, on whether to start air raids on Isil.
The attitudes vary: yet David Cameron is ready to give go-ahead for air strikes, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn starkly warns Labour MPs against backing ISIS airstrikes saying 'There is no hiding place... ', reports The Daily Mail. If the vote is passed on Wednesday British bombers will begin launching attacks on Syrian targets within hours: the action is planned at 7pm tomorrow night, with RAF Tornado fighter jets and Typhoon Eurofighters expected to launch the first strikes within hours.
As The Daily Mail says, Jeremy Corbyn today warned Labour MPs there is 'no hiding place' if they ignore his pleas and back British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. Mr Corbyn on Sunday made clear that he is prepared to face down his own ministers over the row and said that “it is the leader who decides”, but was humiliated by his own shadow cabinet yesterday. The frontbenchers lined up to insist they would vote in favour of bombing ISIS in its Syrian stronghold, which saw him agreeing to let his MPs and ministers vote with their conscience – just a few days after insisting the party would reach a collective decision. 'MPs tomorrow have got to make up their own minds. On the Labour side they've got a free vote, they have to make their own decision', Mr Corbyn told BBC Radio 2.
On the other side is the Prime Minister David Cameron saying that launching UK air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria will "make us safer". 'Isil poses a very direct threat to the United Kingdom – and as we have already seen in Iraq, British airstrikes can play a key role in degrading them', The Telegraph reports on the British Prime Minister words.
Concerning the fact that Corbyn’s shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn did not supported him, but Cameron the clash of opinions inside the Labour party becomes obvious. “I’m going to carry on doing my job as the shadow foreign secretary which is to speak out about what I think the right thing to do is ... I’m not planning to resign from anything … There is a clear threat to our citizens and our nation”, The Independent quotes Benn’s statement made on BBC Breakfast.
'My reply to him [Hilary Benn] and everybody that supports bombing – when you bomb a town like Raqqa, there are several hundred thousand people living there who may or may not wish to be under ISIL control', The Daily Mail reports on Corbyn’s words.
Up to Labour party’s MPs 100 are now expected to back Mr Cameron as Mr Corbyn’s granted them a free vote, The Telegraph refers to Labour sources. It means that Mr Cameron now has a clear Commons majority, allowing him to press ahead with plans for a UK bombing campaign.
