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Jeremy Corbyn has told his shadow cabinet that he wants it to come to a collective view about whether to support British airstrikes in Syria.Jeremy Corbyn has told his shadow cabinet that he wants it to come to a collective view about whether to support British airstrikes in Syria.
He said he wanted the cabinet to meet on Thursday after David Cameron makes his case to MPs for British involvement in air strikes. An initial discussion will then be held. He said it should meet on Thursday after David Cameron makes his case to MPs for British involvement in airstrikes. An initial discussion would then be held.
He has also asked it to reconvene for a special session on Monday afternoon ahead of the weekly meeting Labour MPs in the evening. He has also asked the shadow cabinet to reconvene for a special session on Monday afternoon ahead of the weekly meeting of Labour MPs in the evening.
Corbyn asked shadow cabinet members to consult their constituency Labour parties over the weekend, remarks that will trigger a massive anti-war lobbying campaign from groups such as Momentum, the pressure group set up to support Corbyn.Corbyn asked shadow cabinet members to consult their constituency Labour parties over the weekend, remarks that will trigger a massive anti-war lobbying campaign from groups such as Momentum, the pressure group set up to support Corbyn.
At present Corbyn is probably in a minority in the shadow cabinet in his opposition to war, and if he cannot get the view shifted over the weekend, he will have to decide whether to call for a free vote on the ground that opinion is too divided, or instead accept the collective view of the party leadership. At present, Corbyn is probably in a minority in the shadow cabinet in his opposition to war, and if he cannot get members to change their view over the weekend he will have to decide whether to call for a free vote on the ground that opinion is too divided, or instead accept the collective view of the party leadership.
Labour conference passed a resolution setting tests before the party could support airstrikes but they are open to interpretation.Labour conference passed a resolution setting tests before the party could support airstrikes but they are open to interpretation.
Cameron in making his case will need to convince Labour that there is a viable political track to ending the civil war. In particular he will need to identify the loyalties of the ground troops that would seize ground from Isis in Syria. There are a myriad of competing troops, but few that could be identified as aligned to the west, apart from Kurdish fighters. In making his case, Cameron will need to convince Labour that there is a viable political track to ending the civil war. In particular, he will need to identify the loyalties of the ground troops that would seize ground from Isis in Syria. There are a myriad of competing troops, but few, apart from Kurdish fighters, that could be identified as aligned to the west.
There is also scepticism in Labour ranks that diplomatic progress has been made with either Russia or Iran to get them to accept that President Assad will have to stand aside at the end of a political transition culminating in elections. There is also scepticism within Labour ranks that diplomatic progress has been made with either Russia or Iran to get them to accept that President Assad will have to stand aside at the end of a political transition culminating in elections.
The Labour conference resolution said there had to be unambiguous legal authority from the United Nations that airstrikes were supported. The Labour conference resolution said there had to be unambiguous legal authority from the United Nations supporting airstrikes.
The UN resolution passed on Friday supporting all necessary means to attack Isis was not a chapter seven resolution and so may fall short of UN authority for legal action.The UN resolution passed on Friday supporting all necessary means to attack Isis was not a chapter seven resolution and so may fall short of UN authority for legal action.
Cameron argues the UN resolution is helpful, but unambiguous legal authority derives from the British right to self-defence, and from the need to protect the Iraqi government.Cameron argues the UN resolution is helpful, but unambiguous legal authority derives from the British right to self-defence, and from the need to protect the Iraqi government.