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Originally Posted by AnnieK

Surely thats emotional blackmail though?

You could just as easily ask do you want to risk your children being affected by another hit on the streets of the UK by not responding?

No one wants armed conflict, no one has suggested it yet as I understand but we have a military to be prepared to protect citizens.

If using military grade nerve agents on our soil on a busy street is not a reason to lock down and protect citizens then what is? (Disclaimer obviously if it can be proven to have been a government ordered hit)

Why emotional blackmail? It could become a reality. If we ever do go to war with Russia we will need a lot more than are disbanded armed services.
Why is it emotional blackmail when May has just walked us back into the bowels of a Cold War? This isn't some random country in the Middle East, its Russia, a country that's could quickly wipe us out.

Why wasn't plan B implemented? France, Italy and the Labour government are asking that same question.

I'm not saying something didn't need doing... clearly it did, but we've done this on a strong hunch and nothing more.