Russia Today: The UK government’s decision to authorize the export to Syria last year of two chemicals capable of being used to make a nerve agent embodies London’s hypocrisy in the ongoing conflict, Angus Robertson, MP from the Scottish National Party, told RT.

The alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria on August 21 was the basis of a UK parliamentary vote which failed to support British military intervention.

Members of all major parties defied Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday in rejecting action against the Assad regime in Syria. However a British company was granted export licenses for the dual-use substances potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride for six months in 2012 which underscores London’s confused policy towards Syria, Robertson argues.