SHOULD Britain go to war against the brutal terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq?
That's what Derby North MP Chris Williamson wants Derby Telegraph readers to answer so he has an idea of the thoughts of the electorate ahead of being asked to vote on the matter.
Should we go to war?: We want you to have your say. Please vote (it's quick and anonymous) on the poll, on the right. The terrorist organisation has taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria, leaving a trail of murder and destruction.
Its sights are set on control of all the world's Muslim regions.
And Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that the group is also planning attacks on the UK.
It was announced yesterday that Parliament would be recalled to debate air strikes against Islamic State.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that bombing in Syria would need a UN security resolution before getting his party's support.
On that basis, it has been reported Parliament would be asked to approve UK involvement in military action in Iraq but not in Syria.
Mr Williamson was against the Iraq War against Saddam Hussein in 2003 but said he was moving towards voting for military action this time.
He said: "I get the sense that the public are now favouring action being taken against Islamic State and I want to get a stronger feel for what local people, who I represent in Parliament, think I should do.
"I'll obviously listen to the debate [in the Commons] about this and look at what the wording of any motion is that I'm asked to vote on, but I want to give local people the chance to have their say."
Mr Williamson was against the 2003 conflict because, he said, UN weapons inspectors were not given enough time to determine whether or not Iraq had weapons of mass destruction – and he feared a terrorist backlash.
He also said he did not want British lives risked for something that was "at best speculation".
But he said Islamic State seemed to him to be a different situation as they seemed "impervious to any kind of reasoning".
He said: "My instincts are to take non-military action wherever we possibly can but, given their brutality, I'm not sure that's achievable."
Islamic State, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, is formed from extremists from the Sunni branch of Islam, and describes other Muslims as heretics.
On September 13, Islamic State released a video which it said showed the beheading of UK aid worker David Haines.
South Derbyshire MP Heather Wheeler, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General, the Government's chief legal officer, said it would be her boss who would need to give David Cameron the legal powers to take military action. She said that this would require one or more of four circumstances:
1) Being invited to help by an elected government – something which has been widely reported that at least the Iraqis intend to do.
2) A need for humanitarian aid which in this case would involve stopping people committing atrocities.
3) A direct danger to our nation.
4) A UN resolution.
Mrs Wheeler said her mailbag was already telling her the public felt military action should be taken. She said: "I think we have a humanitarian responsibility to join with the local Arab States who are forging a coalition to attack these terrorists. If we are asked to join in we should join in."
Derby South MP Dame Margaret Beckett said Islamic State seemed to be "people about whom everyone has cause to be concerned".
Rolls-Royce worker David Sleman, who is of the Yazidi faith and whose parents have been forced from their home in Iraq by Islamic State, said he felt most people would vote for military action.
The 40-year-old, of Swadlincote, said: "The Islamic State is a virus which is affecting Yazidis and Christians in Iraq but which, in time, could affect everyone."
