David Cameron will be making the case for bombing Syria in the Commons later this week and all eyes are on Jeremy Corbyn and Labour to see if they supports his proposals. On the Today programme, the shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle summed up the party’s current position as we wait and see:
‘We are in a position in which we will make a decision after the Prime Minister puts forward his rationale – that is the sensible way of doing it and we will do that.’
Eagle also said the party’s leadership has yet to decide on whether it will whip Labour MPs in any future vote on bombing Syria:
‘We will make decisions about whipping arrangements, whether there is a whip, after we have made the decision about our policy on this and whether or not we’re going to support it’.
Most interestingly, Eagle hinted that Corbyn may support the bombing of Syria after all — if the government meets Labour’s criteria.
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