Shadow foreign secretary denies betraying both his father and party leader with Commons speech in favour of airstrikesHilary Benn has ruled out running for Labour leader in the wake of his dramatic speech on Syria and spoken of his regret at people using his father’s memory to attack his position in favour of airstrikes.
The shadow foreign secretary,son of the late antiwar Labour grandee Tony Benn, condemned former SNP first minister Alex Salmond’s comment that his father would be “burling in his grave” at his speech advocating bombing during the House of Commons debate on Syria. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com