Corbyn has canceled a visit to Oldham West to campaign ahead of a by-election there and returned to London because of the row.
He could even face resignations from his shadow cabinet, BBC News has reported. This comes less than three months after the round of resignations by Labour frontbenchers when Corbyn was first elected leader.
Hours after Cameron argued in the House of Commons that it was time for the UK to join the airstrikes, Corbyn wrote to his MPs saying that the proposal doesn't protect national security and he doesn't support it. This surprised them because they had agreed to seek out opinions over the weekend and present their position next week, the Guardian reported.
"Our first priority must be the security of Britain and the safety of the British people. The issue
now is whether what the PM is proposing strengthens, or undermines, our national security. I do
not believe that the PM today made a convincing case that extending UK bombing to Syria would meet that crucial test," he wrote.
Corbyn's stance contradicts that of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who told the BBC: “We have heard compelling arguments both because of the threat to the United Kingdom and also because we are right to have been taking the action that we have in Iraq to support the Iraqi government in trying to repel the invasion from Isil [ISIS].”
Shadow employment minister Emily Thornberry appeared to acknowledge the rift in a BBC
