Should May Have Sought Parliamentary Approval?

[Khandro]

She has entirely lost my support - such as it was- and will not lose any sleep over that perhaps, but there seems to be gathering condemnation at home and abroad e.g.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/14/syria-missile-raid-may-faces-anger-trump-declares-mission-accomplished

[mushroom25]

did anyone in this forum watch the 3 hour Q&A session that followed the statements made by the PM and leader of the opposition?

[Jackdaw33]

Are we discussing the merits or otherwise of the air strikes or that May did not consult parliament? If the latter it has been repeated ad nauseam that she had no constitutional obligation to do so.

[Kromovaracun]

//If the latter it has been repeated ad nauseam that she had no constitutional obligation to do so.//

Constitutional obligations are not the only obligations on politicians. She had a moral obligation to do so.

[ichkeria]

It was 6 hours in fact (!)
I watched a lot of it (tho nothing like the whole thing!)

[ichkeria]

Sorry, that was in reply to mushroom:

"did anyone in this forum watch the 3 hour Q&A session that followed the statements made by the PM and leader of the opposition? "

[Jackdaw33]

Where do you get the 'moral' obligation idea from?

[Jackdaw33]

//Irans supreme leader disagrees Jackdaw.\\

I see. The ramblings of a mad mullah are the definitive argument.

[mushroom25]

//It was 6 hours in fact (!)//

I lost interest when the house started arguing with the leader of the house about Standing Order no.24. one of the stand out points was despite criticism from the back benches (of both sides) levelled at the leader of the opposition, the PM made no agreement or criticism of Mr Corbyn herself but pointed instead to the support from the labour benches, and previous examples of labour administrations in taking action that could be described as "humanitarian".

[Kromovaracun]

There was no cause urgency in this, the military is grossly underfunded, and it embroils the UK in proxy conflict with other powers which may have serious long-term consequences. Given that this was not a self defense/kill-or-be-killed kind of situation, that kind of major decision ought to be put before parliament, as it was in (I think) 2013.