Sentences with phrase «vote for military action»

If Mr Cameron is obliged to shelve a Commons vote for military action, he should be grateful to Mr Corbyn for helping to spare him and Britain from an ill - starred project notable for its incoherence and vainglory.

Jeremy Lefroy, the Stafford MP, told me he would only vote for military action if it was backed by the United Nations and the Arab League.

Not exact matches

As a method for doing this, they work better when they are, and are perceived to be, «free» as in not distorted by military action and «fair» as in votes cast chiefly determining the outcome.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke said: «On the question of the parliamentary role, I think the Prime Minister was not relying on the archaic, narrow interpretation of the Royal prerogative, which no government has invoked in this country for over 50 years - they have always come to Parliament for debates and votes if possible on any military action.

I will be making the case for military action in Syria as part of a wider strategy, ahead of a vote in the House of Commons today.

Labour MP Iain Mckenzie was also sacked as aide to Vernon Coaker for voting against military action.

The Labour MP for Nottingham North sets out why he will oppose the West's military action in the vote in the House of Commons.

While constitutionalists are delighted at the victory for parliament, which has now effectively secured the right to veto any military action, others are dismayed by the impact the vote will have on the UK's global influence.

Who remembers the Prime Minister's speech or the numbers of MPs voting for and against military action?

In his interview, Ashdown refuses to criticise Miliband, other than to denounce Labour for its behaviour in the recent Commons vote on potential military action against Syria.

Jeremy Corbyn was right in his speech yesterday — the Convention which was articulated by the Tories in 2011 and accepts the need for a Commons vote before military action on the basis of the 2003 Iraq precedent, is broken.

Every Parliamentary vote on military action must be a confidence matter for the sponsoring minister

On 8 October 2001, he was the first MP in the Commons to publicly call for a vote on any military action in Afghanistan.

A variety of sources, some of whom have been attributed as being «aides» to Jeremy or those «close» to the leader have apparently stood up speculation that Hilary Benn, Rosie Winterton, Maria Eagle and me (amongst others) are all for the chop for not voting against extending military action from Iraq into Syria during the recent free vote in the Commons.