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A Labour MP who declared himself in favour of Britain launching air strikes against isis in Syria has revealed he has been sent a photograph of a dead baby by anti-war protesters. A Labour MP who declared himself in favour of Britain launching air strikes against isis in Syria has revealed he has been sent a photograph of a dead baby by anti-war protesters. 
Peter Kyle, the MP for Hove and formerly an aid worker in the Balkans, says he believes the image was designed to "intimidate" him. Peter Kyle, the MP for Hove and formerly an aid worker in the Balkans, says he believes the image was designed to "intimidate" him. 
He told The Telegraph: "As somebody who has worked in the field as an aid worker I don’t need to see that photograph to understand how shocking what can happen in conflict is.He told The Telegraph: "As somebody who has worked in the field as an aid worker I don’t need to see that photograph to understand how shocking what can happen in conflict is.
"People have put deep thought and a lot of anguish into this decision and are taking a very principled stance. We need to have respect for each other’s views on this.""People have put deep thought and a lot of anguish into this decision and are taking a very principled stance. We need to have respect for each other’s views on this."
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has granted MPs a free vote on military action, despite openly declaring his opposition to it. A debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday will conclude with a ballot on whether the UK should join US-led coalition forces in launching a bombing campaign against Isis in the region. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has granted MPs a free vote on military action, despite openly declaring his opposition to it. A debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday will conclude with a ballot on whether the UK should join US-led coalition forces in launching a bombing campaign against Isis in the region. 
David Cameron is expected to win the vote thanks to the support of pro-intervention Labour MPs, as tension in the shadow cabinet deepens. David Cameron is expected to win the vote thanks to the support of pro-intervention Labour MPs, as tension in the shadow cabinet deepens. 
Syrian citizens check a damaged house that targeted by the coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Isis group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib
A Syrian boy (L) looking at a destroyed car that activists say was targeted by the coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib
Parts of a missile that activists say was fired by coalition airstrikes, in the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Isis group, between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib
Tthe guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launching Tomahawk cruise missiles against Isis targets
The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches a Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Red Sea, to conduct strike missions against Isis group targets in Syria
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launching a Tomahawk cruise missile against Isis targets in Syria, as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Gulf
US navy sailors standing watch on the bridge while Tomahawk cruise missiles are launched against Isis targets in Syria, aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), in the Arabian Gulf
The US-led airstrikes in Syria against Isis targets in and around the city of Raqqa
A fighter from the Isis group holds a piece of what the IS is saying is a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa
Fighters from the Isis organisation pray at the spot where the jihadist group said a US drone crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa
Fighters from the Isis group load a van with parts that they said was a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa
Fighters from the Isis group load a van with parts that they said was a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in Raqqa
Fighters from the Isis group gesture as they load a van with parts that they said was a US drone that crashed into a communications tower in Raqqa. A US-led coalition on carried out its first air strikes and missile attacks against jihadist positions in Syria, with Damascus saying it had been informed by Washington before the operation began
A Syrian man rides his bike past a communications tower that was destroyed after a US drone crashed into it, according to fighters with the Isis group, in the Syrian city of Raqqa
People inspect a shop damaged after what Isis militants say was a U.S. drone crashed into a communication station nearby in Raqqa
A man holds the remains of what Isis militants say was a U.S. drone which crashed in Raqqa
Resident gather in the back of a van the remains of what Isis militants say was a drone which crashed in Raqqa
A man inspects the remains of what Isismilitants say was a U.S. drone which crashed into a communication tower in Raqqa
A man inspects the remains of what Isis militants say was a U.S. drone which crashed in Raqqa
On Tuesday, shadow minister Clive Lewis told colleagues it would be "their fault" if the war extended "with no ends", the Huffington Post reported. On Tuesday, shadow minister Clive Lewis told colleagues it would be "their fault" if the war extended "with no ends", the Huffington Post reported. 
And it has also been reported that some Labour MPs were left in tears after being warned by hard-left activists they would be “murdering women and babies” if they backed military action.And it has also been reported that some Labour MPs were left in tears after being warned by hard-left activists they would be “murdering women and babies” if they backed military action.
Others - including Stella Creasy, who saw a group of 500 people march through her constituency of Walthamstow on Tuesday evening - have apparently been threatened with deselection. Others - including Stella Creasy, who saw a group of 500 people march through her constituency of Walthamstow on Tuesday evening - have apparently been threatened with deselection. 
Mr Cameron described Mr Corbyn and his allies as "a bunch of terrorist sympathisers" ahead of the debate over air strikes in Syria, but has so far refused calls to apologise. Mr Cameron described Mr Corbyn and his allies as "a bunch of terrorist sympathisers" ahead of the debate over air strikes in Syria, but has so far refused calls to apologise.