Quite a lot of hyperbole in the press today about this signalling Britain's much reduced role in the world. Maybe a debate on that role is needed BUT all the vote really did is signal that, quite reasonably, the bar for undertaking military intervention has been set higher following Iraq and A'stan - and given the dogs breakfast that the Syria situation is, with no good guys on either side, no conclusive proof (in the public domain) on who used the chemical weapons, lack of clarity as to the strategy and valid concerns as to what the outcome would be, it all added up to a perception that the situation was dodgy enough not to warrant intervention at this stage.
Can't help feeling that it's being flagged as a diminution by those that have long wanted to see such a diminution - ie the wish being the father of the thought - whereas in fact it was democracy working.