Theresa May Dodges Syria Airstrikes Question Thrice
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British Prime Minister Theresa May refused three times to answer a question on whether the UK would engage in air strikes against the Syrian regime without a parliamentary vote on the matter, as Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had earlier indicated it would.
At a campaign event in Leeds, May was asked the same question three times, about whether the UK would, as Johnson had, find it ‘hard to say no' to any request from the United States to launch strikes against the Syrian regime, and would not necessarily seek a parliamentary vote on the matter.
She said it was a "hypothetical question" and that "there are no plans" for such a strike to take place.
She also refused to say whether Johnson would keep his job as Foreign Secretary in the event of an election victory. Asked that direct question she replied only that he was "doing a great job" as Foreign Secretary, and would be "campaigning hard" for a Conservative victory.
It has been reported that Johnson has been sidelined from the election campaign, though he marked his arrival on the trail in an article for The Sun in which he called Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn a ‘mutton-headed mugwump.'
Labor said he had ‘demeaned his office' with the comments.
Source: The Independent, Edited by website team
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