Corbyn says only 'small number' of 'diehard' Labour MPs support airstrikes -

• avid Cameron has published the text of the motion authorising airstrikes against Islamic State (Isis) in Syria that will be put to a vote tomorrow. It had been drafted to try to appeal to Labour MPs, incorporating in approximate terms the four conditions set by Labour in the motion on Syria passed by the party at its September conference. (Some Labour MPs think the four Labour conditions have been met, but Jeremy Corbyn and others do not accept that.) MPs have been given 10 and a half hours to debate the motion, starting at 11.30am tomorrow.

• Corbyn has claimed that only a “small number” of “diehard” Labour MPs will vote for airstrikes. The latest estimates are that around 30 to 40 Labour MPs will back the government, around half the number Tory whips were reportedly expecting a few days ago. In an interview with Jeremy Vine, Corbyn said MPs should remember that Labour party members were opposed to airstrikes. There are claims that some MPs feel they are being intimidated by Corbynites into voting against the government.

• Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has confirmed the RAF will deploy extra warplanes to the Middle East in the event of a Commons vote in favour of expanding airstrikes to Syria.

• Ken Livingstone has said Tony Blair was guilty of “criminal irresponsibility” for launching the Iraq war in 2003 based on the testimony of one discredited local politician who said that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.

• A Labour MP, Louise Haigh, has claimed that she was told at a briefing by the national security adviser that there are only 40,000 moderate opposition fighters in Syria. The government claimed in a document last week there were 70,000. She posted the claim on Twitter.