"Parliament must be consulted on this," he said. "The position is a very dangerous one because of Russian involvement, also because we have an erratic president of the United States. "A YouGov poll in The Times conducted this week found that 43 percent of voters oppose strikes in Syria, with 34 percent unsure and only 22 percent supportive.Anti-conflict coalition Stop the War called on Britons to lobby their lawmakers to prevent an "escalation of the war" and planned a Friday protest outside Downing Street.Ministers have reflected the cautious public sentiment in their comments on the crisis. "It is a very, very delicate circumstance, and we've got to make this judgment on a very careful, very deliberate, very well thought-through basis, knowing exactly ... how strong the evidence is," Brexit Secretary David Davis said ahead of Thursday's cabinet.Some MPs have backed Britain acting against Syria, warning that the use of chemical weapons was in breach of international law and could not be allowed to go unpunished.Conservative former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, tweeted: "We need a clear response to the Syrian chemical outrage".Other members of May's Conservative party have urged restraint in a highly fraught situation. "What we've got here in Syria is a choice between monsters on the one hand and maniacs on the other," Julian Lewis, the chairman of the House of Commons defence committee, told the BBC.

Source: Egypt Today April 12, 2018 16:30 UTC