Massacre in Houla - World can’t stand idly by on Syria

The Reuters photographs of lines of bodies at Ali Bin al-Hussein’s mosque in Huola in Syria put our debate about this week’s EU referendum into perspective.

Though hugely important to how we confront our difficulties and try to get Europe’s economies on a footing approaching sanity, Thursday’s vote won’t kill anyone.

Though weekend polls suggest the amendment will be endorsed, the margin is tight enough to encourage the treaty’s opponents and serve as a warning to those who want it passed. In any event, it is a problem the people of Syria would far prefer to have than the murderous one they are dealing with every day.