November 27, 2015
FORCING THE CONTRADICTIONS:
Hilary Benn tells Corbyn: I'm doing my job in supporting Syria airstrikes (Rowena Mason and Daniel Boffey, 27 November 2015, The Guardian)
The shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, has said he will not resign over his backing of airstrikes on Isis in Syria, despite his party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, writing to all Labour MPs setting out his opposition to military action. [...]Benn's stance effectively challenges Corbyn to allow members of the shadow cabinet to vote with their conscience or sack him and other rebels.At a difficult meeting on Thursday, around half of the shadow cabinet, including Benn, the deputy leader, Tom Watson, the shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, the shadow lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, and others made it clear they were minded to back the government's case for extending airstrikes when it is put to a vote in the Commons next week.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 27, 2015 7:15 AM