17:23 Monday 2nd September 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Should MPs be asked to vote again on the idea of military action against Syria? A number of high-profile politicians certainly think so. But a BBC poll suggests the majority of us are against military intervention. Joining us from Westminster with the latest political reporter Matthew Presland.
MATTHEW PRESLAND: Well Chris I mean the Government’s posistion on thie seems fairly clear to me. Downing Street has firmly ruled out a second vote by MPs on British involvement in Syria, but I mean even if more evidence you know against President Assad’s forces comes to light in the coming days and weeks they say. Now a Number 10 spokesman says the Government has absolutely no plans to go back to Parliament for another vote. And just about an hour ago in the Commons the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said MPs had spoken, and that people should respect it. Continue reading “The Syria War Lobby”