Shadow foreign secretary tells conference he backs firmer action as fragment of a UN method,as Diane Abbott declares her oppositionLabour has taken a small step closer to backing airstrikes in Syria, but only as fragment of a wider, and UN-sanctioned diplomatic and humanitarian package.
The shadow foreign secretary,Hilary Benn, who has been battling to maintain party unity on the issue of airstrikes, and told the party conference on Monday that the party would support effective action in Syria,while ruling out backing UK troops on the ground.
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Source: theguardian.com