Theresa May has refused to rule a fresh vote in the Commons after the general election to authorise new air strikes Syria alongside Donald Trump's administration.
Asked by the BBC whether she would rule out having a prior-entry vote, during a campaign rally in the north-east, the Prime Minister replied: “As you know the United Kingdom is part of a coalition that is operating in Syria and Iraq with the United States and other countries too, to ensure that we acting to defeat Daesh.
“But also is working not just in that action but diplomatically to ensure others that we can see a stable Syria for the future and a political transition for Syria away from Assad.
“When I look at the decisions I’ll be taking in terms of defence and foreign policy, there is one thing that will drive those decisions, and that is they will be taken in the British national interest.
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