some Labour MPs 'will support' UK airstrikes in Syria

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Source: BBC

The government will get the necessary support from Labour MPs to extend air strikes to Syria, research by the BBC's Newsnight programme suggests.

Labour MPs told the programme they were willing to defy Jeremy Corbyn, who is expected to oppose military action, if he is elected party leader on Saturday.

The government is expected to draw up proposals within the next few weeks for missile attacks in Syria.

In 2013 it was defeated in a vote on UK military action in Syria. Labour's then leader, Ed Miliband, opposed Prime Minister David Cameron's attempt and 31 Conservative MPs joined him, inflicting a humiliating defeat on the government.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34205304

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The ongoing civil war in the British Labour party continues. And it would help if the Labour MP's planning to support this (which I admit I find understandable, although I suspect some may planning to rebel just to stick 2 fingers up at Jeremy Corbyn) were to be more open about their plans to support this course of action.

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1. The Saudis still buy a lot of London real estate, don't they?

Meanwhile, another theocratic Mideast state has a virtual stranglehold on the US Congress and media. Astonishing how little has changed since 2003.