Britain will now send the Royal Air Force to reinforce the US-led bombing campaign in Iraq, as MPs voted overwhelmingly to back air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants. The vote was decided by a margin of 524 votes to 43, with all three main party leaders providing their support, meaning that the United Kingdom will now get involved militarily once more in Iraq, just over three years after British troops withdrew from the country . Labour MP Rushanara Ali resigned as shadow education minister over the vote, which got a majority of 481, choosing to abstain on the decision...
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