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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the joining-the-coalition dept.

BBC reports:

MPs have overwhelmingly backed UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, by 397 votes to 223, after an impassioned 10-hour Commons debate.

Four Tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, after the vote. Their destination has not been confirmed.

A total of 66 Labour MPs sided with the government as David Cameron secured a larger than expected Commons majority.

The PM said they had "taken the right decision to keep the country safe" but opponents said the move was a mistake.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argued that the case for war "does not stack up" - but his party was split, with senior Labour figures, including members of the shadow cabinet voting with the government after they were given a free vote.

The 66 MPs who backed military action was equivalent to 29% of the parliamentary party.


[Editor's Note: For non-Brits, MP="member of parliament"]

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @05:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @05:47PM (#271459)

    I doubt that. Putin will take care of it, because no one currently in office in DC has any balls. Trump might, but he's not in office yet.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 03 2015, @06:49PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 03 2015, @06:49PM (#271488) Journal

    'Fortune favors the bold', and Putin is bold. Which of the gods, or fates, or whatever, favor whining no-balls sacks of shit? I've never heard of one, but I suppose that there must be.

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Friday December 04 2015, @01:10AM

    by isostatic (365) on Friday December 04 2015, @01:10AM (#271645) Journal

    A lot of lefties secretly (even as a secret they won't admit to themselves) hope that Putin will come in a commit genocide. They get to blame the big bad dictator, keep a clean concious, deflect most of the blame to Russia, and yet benefit from the genocide.