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latter is very close to the town of grindavik and that is the concern that it could go out of the town of... but on a different sunday, four years ago, a slightly fresher four years ago, a slightly fresher faced, then labour leadership contender, adamant that mps should always be asked first. i would pass legislation that said military action could be taken if, first the lawful case was made, secondly, there was a viable objective, and thirdly, you got consent of the commons. fast forward to now, and he's ok with the fact the air strikes happened without parliament's approval. so has he changed his mind? no, there was no inconsistency here. really?! _ there is obviously a huge distinction between an operation the like of which we've seen in the last few days, and military action, a sustained campaign, military action, usually involving troops on the ground.
and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. back to some news we broke in the last hour. the metropolitan police say detectives have investigated a plot to disrupt the london stock exchange and arrested six people. those people are currently in custody. the investigation began after information was passed to the met by the daily express on friday. it was alleged that activists from the palestine action group were intending to target the london stock exchange on monday morning.
the houthis have been targeting vessels for months that they say are linked to israel. today the foreign secretary david cameron insisted that the uk had no choice but to take military action to protect a critical global trade route. not acting is also a policy, it wasn't working, and it's right we have sent this very clear, very unambiguous message that we are prepared to follow our words and warnings with action. lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don't think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead, and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action
words and warnings with action. lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don't think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead, and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made
because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead, and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it
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lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don't think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead, and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made
a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster.
and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. opposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. thousands of people gathered on sunday in the israeli city of tel aviv to mark 100 days since the start of the war against hamas. demands continue in israel for the release of more than 130 hostages held in gaza since october 7th, when 1,200 people were murdered by hamas gunmen. israel has since vowed to crush hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by several western governments. the hamas health—run ministry says more than 23,000 people have been
against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. no to the united states as it is an election year.