Sebastian Payne

Is Obama’s Syria vote a gamechanger? View from 22 special podcast

As the world’s reaction to Syria continues to develop, with Barack Obama’s vote in Congress and talks of a second vote in Parliament, the Spectator’s Douglas Murray, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss the state of the special relationship, who will be responsible for the eventual outcome in Syria, what Labour and the Tories are thinking about a potential second vote, the significance of Obama following in Cameron’s footsteps and what to expect over the next week.

douglas-murrayDouglas Murray on the problems with intervention
‘How do you hit targets in Syria that punish Assad which do not go some way to toppling the regime? If you do topple the regime, then there is a strong argument you’ve broken it and therefore you own it. Nobody wants to own Syria’

James_Forsyth-60x84James Forsyth on what happens this week

‘It’s going to dominate the G20 in Russia this week. Vladimir Putin crowing over David Cameron’s defeat and continuing to attack Obama and his logic for war.

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