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   Tom Austin wrote:

  I don't know who these non-interventionists who are on the misrepresentation trail might be, but I doubt it could be said they were in the Commons Chamber last night.

  
  Here's one:
  http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-08-30/miliband-calls-pm-cavalier-and-reckless-on-syria/
  "It was cavalier and reckless leadership that was taking Britain potentially into war without going through the United Nations, without putting the evidence properly before the British Parliament..."
  
  Compare that to the motion put before Parliament.
  
  "Believes, in spite of the difficulties at the United Nations, that a United Nations process must be followed as far as possible to ensure the maximum legitimacy for any such action; Therefore welcomes the work of the United Nations investigating team currently in Damascus, and, whilst noting that the team's mandate is to confirm whether chemical weapons were used and not to apportion blame, agrees that the United Nations Secretary General should ensure a briefing to the United Nations Security Council immediately upon the completion of the team's initial mission; Believes that the United Nations Security Council must have the opportunity immediately to consider that briefing and that every effort should be made to secure a Security Council Resolution backing military action before any such action is taken, and notes that before any direct British involvement in such action a further vote of the House of Commons will take place;"
  
  Maybe it's just me, but those two positions don't seem entirely consistent.

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