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  Cameron`s knee jerk / headline seeking brought to heel....for the time being?
  
  Courtesy Independent.
  
  Back from the brink:
  
  Labour forces Prime Minister David Cameron to retreat over military action in Syria
  
  Labour secures promise of second Commons vote before intervention, while President Obama
  
  also faces UN pressure to delay military action
  
  A brake has been put on British involvement in an immediate military strike against Syria after
  
  Labour broke ranks with David Cameron ahead of tonight's crucial Commons vote.
  
  Barack Obama also came under pressure to delay the widely-expected US intervention as
  
  Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, pleaded for more time for its inspectors in Syria
  
  who are investigating last week's chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus, in which
  
  hundreds of civilians were killed.
  
  "Let them conclude their work for four days and then we will have to analyse scientifically with experts.
  
  Then I think we will have to report to the Security Council for any action," he said.
  
  Labour toughened its stance against UK military action only a day after Ed Miliband signalled that
  
  the Opposition was likely to support Mr Cameron. Last night it demanded six concessions as the price
  
  of supporting him tonight - including a UN Security Council vote on the inspectors' report; a further
  
  report to the Commons and a second vote before Britain takes part in any military action; "compelling
  
  evidence" that the Assad regime was responsible for last week's attack and a "clear basis in
  
  international law" for intervention.

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