Anti-war protestors stage demonstration in Wakefield city centre against UK airstrikes in Syria

After a ten hour debate in parliament yesterday, MPs overwhelmingly backed military action against Daesh or the so-called Islamic State (IS) by 397 votes to 223.

A ‘don’t bomb Syria’ protest started in The Bullring at 5pm today (Thursday).

A group of around 20 to 30 protestors from the Wakefield Stop the War Coalition waved placards saying “stop the bombing” and chanted “not in our name” as well as ‘Mary,Mary,Mary,out, out, out.”

Several motorists sounded their horns in support as they passed.

Protestor Andy Brammer said: “We are protesting against the bombing campaign in Syria.

“The evidence shows that bombing doesn’t work. We have had war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya and all that has done is create more misery, more civil war and more refugees and there is no evidence to show that this will be any different.