{"id":21886,"date":"2013-08-29T16:42:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T21:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=21886"},"modified":"2013-08-29T16:55:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T21:55:22","slug":"british-parliament-defeats-government-motion-on-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/29\/british-parliament-defeats-government-motion-on-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"British parliament defeats government motion on Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter just lit up with the news that Prime Minister David Cameron&#8217;s motion to allow military action against Syria has been soundly defeated in parliament. The reported voting line was 272 in favour and 285 against. This was <em>not<\/em> a confidence motion &mdash; the government will not be forced to resign over this vote, but it&#8217;s a strong slap in the face to Clegg and Cameron.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>House of Commons votes against the Government motion on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Syria&amp;src=hash\">#Syria<\/a> by 285 votes to 272<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseofCommons\/statuses\/373196403557683200\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>&quot;I believe in respecting the will of the House of Commons. The British people do not want to see military action. I get that,&quot; Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnewtondunn\/statuses\/373196784593829888\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Dignified, decent, democratic response by the PM. A truly stunning shift in power from executive to legislature.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanHannanMEP\/statuses\/373196886884098048\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"370\" height=\"260\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2636974249001&#038;playerID=69900095001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAEabvr4~,Wtd2HT-p_VhJQ6tgdykx3j23oh1YN-2U&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter just lit up with the news that Prime Minister David Cameron&#8217;s motion to allow military action against Syria has been soundly defeated in parliament. 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