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SNP wants to block military action as price of Labour deal
Source: The London Times
Britain should “not pretend to be a world power” and curbing interventionism would be a key plank of any post-election deal between Labour and the SNP, the head of the nationalists in the UK parliament declared yesterday.
The collaboration between the SNP and Labour to block military action in Syria in 2013 provides a template for future foreign policy co-operation between the two parties, according to Angus Robertson, the SNP leader in Westminster.
His move comes as new Times poll by You Gov shows that Labour has made no progress in clawing back votes in Scotland.
Read more: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article4380715.ece
SNP refers to the Scottish National Party. Westminster refers to the seat of the UK Parliament in London. The UK has "devolved" varying degrees of governmental powers to some of its member states, i.e., Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not England.
For example, Wales and Scotland have each approved an indefinite ban on future fracking, so Big Fracking is trying to bribe the UK government to pass a law forbidding fracking bans or moratoriums by any member states/countries of the UK.
One of the ways the recent Scottish vote on declaring independence from the UK was defeated, was by the UK promising additional devolved powers to Scotland.
The question of military interventionism abroad is an evolving one in the UK. Just last September, the head of the Labour Party rose in the House of Commons to speak in favor of air strikes against ISIL in Iraq. http://press.labour.org.uk/post/98458975484/ed-miliband-statement-on-military-action-against
Labour Press
Ed Miliband statement on military action against ISIL in Iraq
(NOTE: I carefully considered whether this announcement was recent enough to qualify for LBN, and respectfully request that the time difference between the UK and the US be allowed for. The press release was midnight our time.)
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in a statement to the House of Commons, said:
Mr Speaker, I rise to support the government motion concerning military action against ISIL in Iraq. Let us be clear at the outset what is the proposition: air strikes against ISIL in Iraq. Not about ground troops.
Nor about UK military action elsewhere. And it is a mission specifically aimed at ISIL.
Ed Miliband statement on military action against ISIL in Iraq
(NOTE: I carefully considered whether this announcement was recent enough to qualify for LBN, and respectfully request that the time difference between the UK and the US be allowed for. The press release was midnight our time.)
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in a statement to the House of Commons, said:
Mr Speaker, I rise to support the government motion concerning military action against ISIL in Iraq. Let us be clear at the outset what is the proposition: air strikes against ISIL in Iraq. Not about ground troops.
Nor about UK military action elsewhere. And it is a mission specifically aimed at ISIL.
I think this push toward NON interventionism by the military is an extremely interesting and encouraging development. Must have the Military Industrial Complex in a real panic. Likewise for the pro-endless-war politicians and their owners/I mean lobbyists in the U.S. It appears members of the British Parliament and even entire political parties in the UK are not as whorishly for sale as their U.S. counterparts!
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