Sentences with phrase «opposed airstrikes»
Recent recruits are even more Corbynite — over 80 % of those who've joined in the last year are anti-Trident, over 70 % think unions should have more influence and would only support a leader who opposed airstrikes in Syria.
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Ya'alon said he opposed airstrikes on June 30, 2014, but later came around to the idea and approved such operations a week later.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran anti-war campaigner, opposes airstrikes but has given his MPs a free vote on the issue.
In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.
Not exact matches
He said: «We know that 72 % of Scots are opposed to airstrikes, and 57 out of 59 Scottish MPs are expected to vote against them.
48 % of Labour members think Corbyn should oppose the RAF taking part in airstrikes against ISIS, only 25 % think he should support them.
Eleven of the 28 members of the shadow cabinet, including Benn and Eagle, voted in favour of extending airstrikes against Islamic State to Syria, a move Corbyn strongly opposed.