Jeremy Corbyn Tells His MPs He Won’t Support Airstrikes In Syria

He released a 36-page document with plans in detail how to tackle the threat posed by the ISIS, and both diplomatically as well as militarily.

Mr Hollande, who was speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, said the Paris attacks showed “man is the worst enemy of man”.

Corbyn and the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn have expressed different views on Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to target Daesh terror hideouts in Syria.

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Many Britons are wary of entering into another war in the Middle East after Western intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya failed to bring stability to the region and, some believe, even led to the rise of militants groups such as Islamic State.

“From what I have seen from the response to the Prime Minister’s statement today, it feels to me that we are building a consensus now for military action in Syria”, he told the BBC.

He said: “I believe there is a compelling case to take the effective action to keep our country safe”.

Labour veteran and Work and Pensions Committee chair Frank Field also said the party “needs an alternative leader” in an interview with LBC Radio on 27 November.

He now faces a shadow cabinet revolt, with many of his MPs shocked at his position and some accusing him of a “failure of leadership”. “In these sort of issues of conscience it is better to allow MPs to make their own minds up”, John McDonnell told BBC television, adding Britain must learn lessons from the 2003 Iraq war.

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Vernon Coaker and Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander are also said to be in favour of air strikes.

But Mr Corbyn then surprised colleagues by sending MPs a letter saying he had already decided that he could not support the proposal to send the RAF into action in Syria.

He said it was “obviously surprising” to get Mr Corbyn’s letter on Thursday night.

But Mr Cameron held back from calling a snap vote after facing tough questions from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, as well as senior Tories.

Within the Tory ranks, Mr Cameron was boosted by the support of Crispin Blunt, the foreign affairs select committee chairman who voted against bombing in 2013.

Mr Benn was said to have been unaware that Mr Corbyn meant to send the note. “You can not have a shadow cabinet voting down the leader of the Labour Party who has just been elected with the biggest mandate in history”.

The comments come after Momentum wrote to its supporters and asked them to lobby their MPs over possible air strikes by the United Kingdom on Syria.

According to media reports, half of the shadow cabinet supports the airstrikes in Syria and agree with Cameron’s arguments that the U.K.’s security is under threat by the Islamic State group.