Britain should take our share of Syrian refugees
All three parties should consider making a much stronger, long term commitment to refugee resettlement in their manifestos.
All three parties should consider making a much stronger, long term commitment to refugee resettlement in their manifestos.
If Nigel Farage is able to make the case for Syrian asylum seekers, Ed Miliband should be able to.
A No-Fly Zone is not a solution to the conflict, but it is a proven means to restrict the killing.
If Cameron really cares about Syria, he must not turn his back on her refugees.
The Assad regime and Islamic extremists are trying to thwart the efforts of the majority of Syrians to secure a better future.
In order to fit events into its supposedly ‘anti-imperialist’ worldview in which no one claiming to be opposed to the United States can do any wrong, StWC is willing to indulge fantastical conspiracy theories.
Future historians studying Britain’s decline and retreat from global responsibility and relevance may view Miliband as a pivotal figure.
For days, weeks, if not months ahead the reasons why David Cameron lost last night’s vote on Syria will be chewed over by everyone from academics to those at the Dog and Duck meeting for a Friday night pint.
As the Labour Party announces this morning that it will not be supporting the government’s motion in the Commons today on their approach to the on-going crisis in Syria, the position of the smaller parties could be vital to deciding the outcome today.
So where do they stand?
If military action against Assad is morally justified then that surely must be the case regardless of whether or not it is ‘legal’.