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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carmen Fishwick

How would you have voted on UK airstrikes on Syria?

An aircrew at RAF Marham prepare for a practice mission. They will reinforce the Tornado squadron at Akrotiri in Cyprus to assist in missions over Syria after MP’s voted on extending the bombing campaign against Isis.
An aircrew at RAF Marham prepare for a practice mission. They will reinforce the Tornado squadron at Akrotiri in Cyprus to assist in missions over Syria after MP’s voted on extending the bombing campaign against Isis. Photograph: Richard Pohle/The Times/PA

Britain has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria, hours after MPs – including 66 Labour – voted overwhelmingly to authorise military action.

On Wednesday, at the end of a day of a 10-hour-long debate in the House of Commons, MPs voted by 397 to 223 in favour of sending Tornado jets to seek out Isis targets in Syria.

Syria vote
Photograph: Guardian graphic

A YouGov poll published on Wednesday showed declining public confidence in the case for airstrikes in Syria. Last week, 59 per cent of Britons backed airstrikes but now the figure has declined to 48 per cent – to five million people.

Would you have voted to bomb Syria? Share your thoughts by filling in the form below – you do not have to answer every question. We’ll use a selection in our reporting.





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