“Whether it’s in Iraq, Syria, Libya or elsewhere — as Prime Minister, if I believe there is a specific threat to the British people, would I be prepared to authorise action to neutralise that threat? Yes, I would.”
It is almost two years since David Cameron lost a vote on intervening in the Syrian war and he has barely spoken about foreign affairs since.
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