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Consultation ‘after the event’ – Can it ever be right to use consultation to seek support for a decision you’ve already taken?
Over the weekend, the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn wrote to party members to ‘consult’ them about their opinions on the difficult issue of whether or not the UK should conduct air strikes against the Daesh (ISIS) in Syria.
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