Cameron told MPs must vote before launching strikes on Syria

[dutchman]

[dutchman]

Half think 'PM wrong & reckless to propose Syria action'

More than half of the British public believe David Cameron was 'wrong' and 'reckless' to propose the principle of military action in Syria, according to the ITV News Index.

In a poll of 2,020 adults conducted by ComRes, 55 per cent agreed with the statement that Cameron was 'wrong' to propose military action in Syria, 22 per cent disagreed and 23 per cent did not know.

In the same poll, 59 per cent agreed with the statement that Cameron had behaved 'recklessly by publicly proposing military action in Syria without knowing that he had the support of Parliament'. 21 per cent disagreed and 20 per cent did not know.

Only half?

[dutchman]

Town MP defends his ‘yes’ vote over Syria



Kenilworth’s MP has defended and explained his ‘yes’ vote for the UK to take military action in Syria during the defeated motion in Parliament.

MPs debated and voted on possible intervention in Syria after a chemical attack in the country killed hundreds of civilians and children.

The motion was defeated by 13 votes and Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would respect the vote.

Conservative Jeremy Wright supported the Prime Minister with a vote for the UK to intervene after arguing Britain is one of the few 
countries which can make a difference.

Mr Wright, who is also a Justice minister in the Government, said: “As a result of the attack [in Damascus] on August 21, 355 people died and 3,600 people were treated with neurotoxic symptoms.

“As the Prime Minister has argued, the fact that we have not always done the right thing everywhere does not mean that we should not do the right thing anywhere.

“UN weapons inspectors have been engaged in establishing whether chemical weapons have been used and the motion we voted on stated no action should be taken until their report has been considered. It is clear that no invasion was contemplated here. Strikes from the air cannot exclude the possibility of civilian casualties.

“Further chemical attacks will certainly result in further civilian casualties - and a Syrian leadership emboldened by no strong response to this atrocity is more likely to do it again.

“There are few countries in the world with the strength to enforce international law and, if they do not do it, nobody will. We are one of those countries and we should be proud of that.

“I fear by excluding that force now, we send a very dangerous signal to Syria and beyond about this county’s resolve to defend international law. That’s why I voted as I did.”

Fellow Tory MP for Leamington and Warwick, Chris White, rebelled with a firm ‘no’ vote.