10-04-2018 12:45 via theguardian.com

Retaliation in Syria: what are May's options?

PM probably has the right to commit UK to support any US action without a Commons vote – but only in a non-combat roleTheresa May does not currently have a parliamentary mandate to participate in a major military response to Saturday’s chemical weapons attack in Syria, though arguably she has a right to lend limited help to a US assault if Donald Trump chooses to go ahead with such a plan.In December 2015 British MPs voted by 397 to 233 to give David Cameron’s government a mand
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