DWYFOR Meirionnydd’s MP has lambasted the prime minister for showing “complete disregard” for democracy following the air strikes in Syria over the weekend.

Liz Saville Roberts had previously urged the UK government to avoid any “tokenistic knee-jerk reaction” following alleged atrocities committed in Syria and branded Presidents Trump and Putin as “irresponsible”.

She called out Prime Minister Theresa May at a No to Bombing Syria protest in Bangor last Saturday, an event attended by nearly 200 people following the bombing of an alleged chemical weapons facility by US, UK and French forces.

“The prime minister is showing complete disregard towards democracy by pursuing military action without parliamentary consent,” she said at the protest.

“Public opinion is firmly against air strikes in Syria with opposition being voiced across the political spectrum. Clearly the main reason the prime minister is evading a Commons vote is that she knows she would face a defeat.

“This tokenistic action will do little to allay the human suffering on the ground in Syria nor to bring stability to the region.”

Troubles reached fever pitch last week, when sources said dozens of people were killed, including children, during the apparent toxic bombing of the formerly rebel-held town of Douma, near the Syrian capital city Damascus.

The chemical attacks drew world-wise condemnation and threats of military intervention.

US President Donald Trump immediately warned the Assad regime in Syria that “missiles are coming” in a tweet and an airstrike subsequently took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Mrs Saville Roberts had already called for any assault to be backed by parliament.

“The barbaric acts carried out against Syrian civilians have been met with justified outrage throughout the world,” she said in a statement before the weekend’s violence.

“However, the temptation to resort to tokenistic knee-jerk reaction by western forces must be resisted in the face of the deeply complex nature of this conflict.”

The prime minister told MPs on Monday that the strike was “legally and morally right” to prevent further suffering.

She told MPs in the House of Commons there was “clear evidence” the Assad government was behind the Douma chemical weapons attack.

The UK had “explored every diplomatic channel” in response but regrettably decided there was no alternative to “limited, carefully targeted action”.