There is a risk for Labour in the Syria debate tomorrow - it risks reopening many painful memories about Iraq when the Labour party was in supine abasement to Tony Blair.
Those MPs who have been haunted by their vote in favour of the Iraq war are likely to vote against Syria not on the merits of the Syrian situation but in an attempt to exorcise their responsibility for what happened in Iraq.
That in turn will reawaken the horror at what Tony Blair was allowed to get away with.
Which in turn will exacerbate the current divide between Blairites and non-Blairites and embolden the non-Blairites to reject Blairite policies out of hand in a convulsive rejection of all things Blair.
Those MPs who have been haunted by their vote in favour of the Iraq war are likely to vote against Syria not on the merits of the Syrian situation but in an attempt to exorcise their responsibility for what happened in Iraq.
That in turn will reawaken the horror at what Tony Blair was allowed to get away with.
Which in turn will exacerbate the current divide between Blairites and non-Blairites and embolden the non-Blairites to reject Blairite policies out of hand in a convulsive rejection of all things Blair.
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