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"]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @06:53PM
blah-blah-blah.
it should be obvious that london can bomb syrian idiots willy-nilly and be back for dinner.
the only problem is cost and maybe missing the very fun "massage" in the warm, electrified, wood-floored apartment with great outlook.
srsly tho ... why the hate?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @07:22PM
cannot remember the name but was very british and shook hands with some ?lawful? article XZY enforcer in some central european country after which jew (had to) got a ownZ? unmanageable plot of geografhics and lots of missing british male citizens.
seems "chamberlain" is very british that genetically endures through time.
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i think as much as NATO wants to be NATO, that the european role of kelts, historically, needs to be the nation that sunk spain and blockaded the short tiny horse-meat eater from sicily . some times central europe looks to the tiny world-wide island ^_^
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @09:15PM
How drunk were you when you wrote that mess?
a) Very
b) Blind
c) gwdgu937gds???