Edward Leigh, the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, condemned the proposal to start military action against Syria.

Speaking on Thursday, 29th August in the House of Commons, Sir Edward told the Commons:

“I will not vote for war. I would never vote for war against Syria.”

“MPs are doing their job and listening to what the public want, and the voice of the public is completely clear: they do not want war,” Sir Edward continued. “They are scarred by what went on in Iraq. We were lied to in Parliament and we are not going to go down that route again. I voted against the Iraq war and I will vote against this one.”

Sir Edward also pointed out that military action could help the Islamic fundamentalists amongst the Syrian rebels, thus endangering the two million Christians as well as numerous members of Syria’s twenty-two other religious minorities.