British Parliament voting on airstrikes tonight.
Part of the impressive speech by Hilary Benn, Labour, & Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/12028313/syria-airstrikes-vote-live.html
Hilary Benn:
"As a party we have always been defined by our internationalism. We believe we have a responsibility one to another. We never have and we never should walk by on the other side of the road.
And we are here faced by fascists. Not just their calculating brutality but their belief that they are superior to every single one of us in this Chamber tonight and all of the people that we represent.
They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt, they hold our belief in tolerance and decency in contempt, they hold our democracy - the rules by which we will make our decision tonight in contempt.
And what we know about fascists is that they need to be defeated. And it is why as we have heard tonight socialists and trade unionists and others joined the international brigade in the 1930s to fight against Franco. Its why this entire House stood up against Hitler and Mussolini.
It is why our party has always stood up against the denial of human rights and for justice.
And my view is that we must now confront this evil. It is now time for us to do our bit in Syria and that is why I ask my colleagues to vote for this motion tonight."
BBM
The widely praised speech can be seen here (for as long as it lasts)
http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/4e6d04ee-df49-4789-a54a-42f2c7be53b2?in=21:30:00