Gary Gibbon
Corbyn shadow cabinet: the sequel
On Syria, David Cameron now has the votes to win comfortably. Even if only 20 Labour MPs joined him he’d win wth a majority of 80 plus.
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Syria air strikes: what happens if MPs vote yes?
The Commons is debating extending air strikes against Islamic State from Iraq to Syria. With Labour MPs given a free vote, the government is expected to win.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet debates Syria air strikes
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a showdown with his most senior colleagues over whether to back the government’s stance on air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.
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Labour MPs to have free vote on Syria air strikes
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to allow his MPs to vote with their consciences on air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.
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Jeremy Corbyn ‘should resign’ over Syria vote
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls for his resignation after telling his MPs that he will not support military action in Syria.
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Gary Gibbon
Syria: is ‘70,000 troops’ the new ’45 minutes’?
David Cameron may have been at his most diplomatic to persuade MPs to back airstrikes on Syria, but his claims over the scale of Syrian opposition ground forces have raised doubts.
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FactCheck Q&A: Britain’s real military strength
The government is putting a positive spin on today’s big announcement on defence spending. How strong will the armed forces really be in 2020?
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Gary Gibbon
Corbyn to Wembley, Cameron back to Commons
The Labour leader will have to respond to a statement from David Cameron calling for Britain to become involved in military air strikes in Syria.
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Gary Gibbon
Paris fall-out for the UK
Leaders at the G20 will discuss terrorism at their dinner tonight. David Cameron is there but he will be back in the UK tomorrow to make a major foreign policy speech.
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FactCheck: Do 43 per cent of EU migrants claim benefits?
The Prime Minister said “we now know that, at any one time, around 40 percent of all recent European Economic Area migrants are supported by the UK benefits system”.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron promises ‘a new kind of European Union’
I asked what it would say about David Cameron’s “substantial” renegotiation if the whole negotiation was wrapped up and the vote done and dusted a year and a half before his original deadline.
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David Cameron sets out key EU referendum demands
David Cameron spells out four “substantial” demands ahead of the European referendum, including restricting benefits for citizens of other EU countries living in the UK.
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Bloody Sunday: former soldier arrested
A former soldier is arrested on suspicion of murdering three civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in 1972.
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Gary Gibbon
Who is worrying about the investigatory powers draft bill?
Nick Clegg said he was suspicious of the much trailed Investigatory Powers Bill and would want to look very carefully under the bonnet.
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Gary Gibbon
Syria response may show the limits of the PM’s authority
The government has snapped back at headlines saying it’s thrown in the towel on joining the US in attacking Syria. Is the Prime Minister discovering the limits of his authority?
