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Must MPs always vote before we go to war?

I don't agree with Jesse Norman's arguments about the Commons and the military. But the question he raises deserves more than a pat, pious response

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 11: Jesse Norman, South Herefordshire Conservative Party MP, appears at a photocall prior to an event at the 30th Edinburgh International Book Festival, on August 11, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the world's largest annual literary event, and takes place in the city which became a UNESCO City of Literature in 2004. (Photo by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty Images)

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