Labour Does Back Shoot-To-Kill To Protect Lives

Mr Corbyn has said he is “not happy” with such a policy, saying it is “quite dangerous” and could be “counter-productive”.

Asked on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show whether the Paris attacks had changed the mood in Labour over airstrikes in Syria, shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer said: “I think everybody is now thinking that the right thing to do is to take stock”.

In his leader’s report to Labour’s national executive on Tuesday, Corbyn clarified his remarks as he said he would authorise the use of lethal force against terrorists in British in exceptional circumstances to protect life if he was elected prime minister.

He also refused to say whether he would carry on in the shadow cabinet if Mr Corbyn attended a Stop the War Coalition rally, after the group said the French capital had “reaped the whirlwind” of Western support for “extremist violence” in the Middle East.

Mr McFadden, a current frontbencher, added: “Can I ask the Prime Minister to reject the view that sees terrorist acts as always being a response or a reaction to what we in the West do?” All I can say is what is the position in the party, the long-standing position in the UK.

The Labour leader was savaged by a few MPs at a gathering of the parliamentary Labour party on Monday night after he dodged questions on whether ISIS terrorists should be shot dead on the street if innocent lives were at stake.

Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn also insisted the focus should be on finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria before extending any military action.

“There are procedures – it’s got to be reasonable, it’s got to be proportionate but you’ve got to protect human life…”

“Shouldn’t it be immediately obvious to everyone that the police need the full and necessary powers, including the proportionate use of lethal force if needs be, to keep our communities safe?”

In an interview with the BBC, Benn said he “can’t speak” for the leader of his party.

“If the Government wants to bring that forward, then we would look at it”, he said.

Scotland Yard chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe warned against any statement that could undermine public support for the police in combatting terrorism.

Caerphilly MP Wayne David was speaking after controversy over Mr Corbyn’s comments on a “shoot to kill’ policy”.

“We work within the law and we make sure the people on the other side – the terrorists – know that we’re as determined as they are, we’re as ruthless as they are.”

He added that IS presented a threat to the United Kingdom and said: “It is in Syria, in Raqqa, that ISIL has its headquarters and it is from Raqqa that a few of the main threats against this country are planned and orchestrated”.

A number of Mr Cameron’s own MPs have also made clear they are not yet convinced by the case for expanding strikes.

She told Murnaghan: “It is hard to comment because it is not only a Government decision but they have chose to consult with the Parliament”.