Britain Should Join Syria Air Strikes – Cameron

But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran anti-war campaigner, wrote to his lawmakers later on Thursday to say Cameron had not made a convincing case.

“We are trying to make life hard for Isil/Daesh in Syria and I think there’s a very strong case for us playing our full part in doing that, given that we are now flying missions, providing intelligence and refuelling to others who are participating”, Mr Benn said.

Mr Corbyn warned of “unintended consequences” from airstrikes, but stopped short of saying he would oppose them.

The two met on Monday, after which Cameron seemed inspired to “take action now, to help protect us against the terrorism seen on the streets of Paris and elsewhere”.

She added: “He (Mr Corbyn) is the one with the electoral mandate, he appoints the shadow cabinet – not the other way round”.

If he is intent on doing that, it is highly likely that members of the shadow cabinet will resign.

Cameron replied yesterday with a 36-page letter, arguing that Britain should act to deny the Islamic State group a “safe haven” in Syria from which to plot mass-casualty attacks around the world. “We can’t wait for a political transition; we have to hit these terrorists in their heartlands right now”. “We can, and we must, do so again”.

But senior sources said they believed that any compromise was now impossible, with the only solution being to allow all MPs a free vote and for the leadership line to be heavily defeated on the floor of the House of Commons.

He broke his approach down into seven points, aiming to address concerns raised by the Foreign Affairs Committee in a report earlier this month.

DC: There are obviously many who want to play down the existence and the role of the Free Syrian Army.

The Prime Minister told MPs he is “listening very carefully” to the arguments in favour of using the Arabic acronym, amid fears Islamophobia is increasing in the United Kingdom.

The prime minister argued in the Commons on Thursday that targeting IS in Syria would make Britain safer.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was due to meet his shadow cabinet at 1 p.m. local time to discuss the position their party should adopt.

Cameron said he did not want to hand IS a “propaganda coup” by losing a vote. Only three shadow cabinet ministers out of 31 voiced opposition to air strikes at the meeting.

“It’s absolutely right for him to put that view in the shadow cabinet”.

The one thing that is certain, however, is that if Mr Corbyn whips a vote against military airstrikes in Syria, multiple resignations from his shadow cabinet will follow.

Shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher backed military action and said the vote was a test of whether Labour was merely a protest movement or an opposition that aspires to be in government.

With little chance of winning a vote on this issue, it seemed the British government was planning to drop its ambition to join the military campaign in Syria. Or whether he will try to force them to agree with his position.

“This must be a matter in which people have the freedom to express their own views”.

“I’m glad he said there would be no boots on the ground, that’d be counterproductive”, he added. We have got the numbers.

Shadow worldwide development secretary Diane Abbott, shadow communities secretary Jon Trickett and Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer all spoke out to back their leader.

He also said he was confident most MPs would do exactly the same and end up supporting it too. “There’ll be a shadow cabinet meeting on Monday to decide what to do”.

Up to 20 Tories plan to vote against the PM over extending airstrikes, meaning he would need support from some Labour MPs.