He stood resolutely and not sing in front of our war heroes at the Battle of England memorial event, but then somehow found it wholly reasonable to stand and respect some IRA supporting Republicans.
You ask 'what is he supposed to do' ?? Not knowing the answer says it all .....
Compromise or capitulation ....... not the same thing.
There is a big difference to acknowledge some politicians actions for brokering some kind of deal and forgiving a man who seemingly supported the murderous action of the IRA.
I really wasnt taking a swipe, I hadnt known what might have been Corbyns official position on this, beyond the unilateralist and likely pacifist, your own interpretation with the 'non deployment outside of territory' bit then came the caveat with exceptions which seemed to invalidate the...
I really wasnt, it didnt seem to make much sense.
So all you are saying if in power you would only use military force only if in your mind (or Corbyns in this instance) you felt it would be warranted, which is about where every government that has ever existed has done, whether you agree with...
Eh, so for you a good rule of thumb is that he wouldnt deploy our armed forces outside of our territory, how does that work, so no military intervention anywhere for any reason unless our own territories have been invaded ??
Just turn up at the meeting and get done what needs to be done, sing the national anthem and make a few old soldiers happy or if you re so principled then state your case why you have no intention in doing so and we can all construct a view on whether we think he is being reasonable.