Vote on UK to bomb Islamic State in Iraq

Parliament is set to vote whether or not the UK will get involved in the US-led attacks against Islamic State at about 17:00 BST today.

15:14 26 September 2014

David Cameron said that the UK has a duty to confront the threat pose by Islamic State against the county.

 

As the Parliament is set to vote whether or not the UK will get involved in the US-led attacks against Islamic State at about 17:00 BST today, Prime Minister David Cameron has said that it was in the UK’s national interest to join the fight against the militant group.

 

Meanwhile, Downing Street said that a small number of British troops could be sent to Iraq right away if the Commons backs British military action, but not in combat role. Instead, they would be used to guide air strikes, in a humanitarian roles, and possibly, to train Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces.

 

The government says that unless the Commons voted to get UK involved, it would not extend military action in Syria unless there is an urgent humanitarian need to do so. Downing Street has pointed out that Mr Cameron has pursued a "very deliberate and measured approach" and had been determined "to keep consensus.”

 

 

The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Labour are all for supporting attacks against the IS with Labour leader Ed Milliband insisting the group ‘cannot and should not be negotiated with.’