The opposition Labour Party, which has not announced its position on Cameron’s plans, is publicly divided on the issue after party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced he would not personally back them.
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Writing in the Huffington Post, he said: “Backbench MPs are even calling on him to quit for having the temerity to maintain his values and principles…”
“There shouldn’t be any party discipline on matters like this”.
Cameron on Monday visited Paris, where he met President Francois Hollande and paid tribute outside the Bataclan concert venue, where 90 people were killed.
“My argument is yes there is military action that is being taken over the skies of Syria”.
Asked by another user why he had posted a link that allowed non-Labour members to fill it in, Mr Ashworth replied: “Because I think we should take account of views of voters”.
“The UK Prime Minister also thanked the Maltese people and government for the hospitality shown and for ‘the brilliant organization of a very successful CHOGM summit, which was extremely well-chaired by Maltese PM Joseph Muscat”. Many senior figures in the party support the expansion of attacks, meaning that a vote would divide Labour.
“We are not commenting on speculation”.
Andrew Marr put it to Mr Corbyn that he had had a “terrible, awful few weeks” including suggestions by Newport West MP Paul Flynn saying the leader may be forced to resign over his stance against air strikes in Syria as it was causing “terrible divisions” in the party.
However Lord Falconer, the Justice Secretary, appeared to warn that there could be frontbench resignations if Mr Corbyn attempted to whip the party to vote against air strikes.
On that occasion, Labour did not give its lawmakers a free vote and ordered them to vote against the government.
Protestors carried signs that read “Don’t bomb Syria”, “We say no bombs listen this time”, referring to the previous British involvement in the 2003 Iraq war.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday argued his case to members of parliament for Britain to join air strikes on the jihadist group in Syria, amid signs that opposition was weakening after the Paris attacks two weeks ago.
Jeremy Corbyn has set the stage for a showdown with his own shadow cabinet after insisting that he alone has the final decision on whether Labour opposes air strikes in Syria.
“This is a conflict that can not and will not be solved by bombing”, Mr Murray told the crowd. Yet Britain remains deeply scarred by its former interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the latter drawing hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of London in 2003.
“But we should look to countries like China”.
“I don’t think this is the way to support our friends in France”, Rylance, star of Wolf Hall and Bridge of Spies, told reporters. “We’re ready to speak to MPs and try to answer questions they have”.
The British now have eight Tornado strike jets, 10 Reaper remotely piloted vehicles and a number of support aircraft involved in the mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq.
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Corbyn is facing deep splits in his party over the looming vote.
