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A Commons consensus on bombing Syria is further away than ever

Cameron will not risk another humiliating defeat and the numbers simply don’t add up

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

David Cameron doesn’t do regret. It is not in his nature to sit and fret about decisions that he has taken and can now do nothing about. But there are still a few things that rankle with him. One of those is the House of Commons’ rejection of military action in Syria two years ago.

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