yes, that vote took place during the holiday season in august at short notice. if you look at what we re doing now in the u.s.-led coalition against isil, it s really very significant what we re doing in iraq. we re also active in syria. we re not taking part in air strikes in syria. that s indeed the case. but we re very engaged in the campaign to get rid of bashar al assad. we re engaged with our partners he s still around. reporter: to reinvigorate the training track but we re also involved in training and equipping the syrian opposition. we re helping with isr facilities in iraq. and we re doing a great deal with air tanking, with precision bombing, with trade and equip, with counter ie d especially support to the iraqi armed forces. we are significant players. so i think you should judge us by what s going on, by our action, and also by our very substantial investment programs for the future of our military capability. my experience in dealing with the british intelligence
the british parliament has done that, certainly in my memory. isn t that a sign that britain is unwilling to act like a global power? if you look at what we re doing now, i think the evidence says the opposite. yes, that vote took place during the holiday season in august at short notice. if you look at what we re doing now in the u.s.-led coalition against isil, it s really very significant what we re doing in iraq. we re also active in syria. we re not taking part in air strikes in syria. that s indeed the case. but we re very engaged in the campaign to get rid of bashar al assad. we re engaged with our partners to try to reinvigorate the political track but we re also involved in training and equipping the moderate syrian opposition. we re helping with isr facilities in iraq. and we re doing a great deal with air tanking, with precision bombing, with trade and equip, with counter ied especially support to the iraqi armed forces. we are significant players. so i think you should ju