MP attends Syrian refugee event – after voting to bomb their country
Photo opportunity: Tory MP Glyn Davies poses with some of the people who may have been uprooted from their homes and country because he voted to support airstrikes there [Image: County Times].
Mr Davies was one of 397 MPs who voted to support “military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria” on December 2, 2015.
The strikes may have been aimed at terrorists but these things have a tendency to produce knock-on effects. Refugees arrived in the UK as a result of the ongoing conflict in that country – a conflict in which, thanks to Mr Davies’ vote, the UK has been a willing participant.
And then he turned up at the Royal Welsh Showground, speechifying about how great it is that we are providing new homes for people we uprooted from theirs in the first place.
I don’t think it is any cause for pride. I think it may be simply what we owe them.
Powys politicians are proud to be supporting former Syrian refugee families, who are starting new lives here in Mid Wales.
On Monday, August 14, 150 Syrian people came together at Llanelwedd for a picnic and fun day.
The event, hosted on the Royal Welsh Showground and organised by Powys County Council Housing Service, was an opportunity for the families to meet each other and to share their experiences.
Glyn Davies, MP for Montgomeryshire, congratulated Powys County Council on its inspiring work to resettle Syrian refugees in Newtown and elsewhere within the county.
Glyn Davies MP said: “I feel proud of our county council’s commitment to the resettlement of Syrian refugees who have been accepted into the UK, following the devastating conflict in the Middle East.”
Read more if you can bear it: Powys proud to be helping former refugees from Syria
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The law of unintended consequences? How I long for a return to the days when the people who waged wars fought them and led their armies into battle!
Well, here you have it, proof of this saying: The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite! Tennessee Williams
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To faced scum Glyn Davies will jump on any bandwagon and hope people forget what he as said and done
Hopefully Mr. Davies and Powys CC have taken some soundings from their voters and local residents to confirm they also share their politicians pride in politically supporting these refugees which, along with other countries,UK helped to displace. It is good to see that other parts of the Country are stepping up to the plate because the view from the Southern end of this Country is that the influx and numbers have been challenging for the local population and public services which like everywhere else are actually being reduced thanks to Tory cut backs. These forced Tory cutbacks trying to keep on top of their latest mega £1.75 trillion national debt and £40bn pa interest.payments.. Their financial prudence makes the last Labour debt look like petty cash ….. no wonder services local and national are being slashed hard.