Stop the War is asking its members and supporters to urgently step up the pressure against bombing Syria by lobbying local MPs. Lobbies of MPs and particularly Shadow Cabinet Ministers are being organised at MPs surgeries across the country.
The government is fixated on getting a vote to bomb Syria. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has been touring the TV studios again in the last few days to outline the ‚logic‘ of bombing a country already aflame with civil war. Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn too has been pushing the argument for intervention. This despite a vote against the government’s bombing plans at the recent Labour Party conference and Jeremy Corbyn’s long record of opposition to foreign wars. Stop the War has issued a statement condemning Benn’s move.
Lobbies are being organised in Barrow, Bolton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Harrow, Hammersmith, Leeds, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newcastle, Norwich, Wolverhampton and a number of other towns and cities. Where they have been publicised they are attracting a lot of interest.
Contact us for more information or organise a lobby of your MP’s surgery and let us know the details.
A copy of the Stop the War MP’s briefing on Syria can be downloaded here. We can send you ‚Don’t bomb Syria placards‘ from the office. Just e-mail us or phone 020 7561 4830.
Please lobby your MP online now as well. Use our model letter to write to your MP. It takes just one minute. Please also share this link far and wide.