 Sweeney akataura kunetseka kwake kuna Prime Minister, Theresa May pamusoro pekubatanidzwa kweBritain mukurwiswa kwemasiketi muna Kubvumbi 2018 kurwisa Syria, inodaidzira kuti nzvimbo isina kubhururuka inochengetwa nenyika dzakawanda pamusoro peSyria kuti irege hurumende ichibhomba vanhu vayo. Mushure mekuzviuraya kwakawanda kwevakwegura muzhizha ra2018, kusanganisira kubva kuchikwata chake chekare, Sweeney akatsoropodza mauto eBritish neBazi rezvekudzivirirwa nekuda kwekutsigirwa kwehutano hwepfungwa kwakakwana kune vaimbove varwi, uye kushomeka kwemarekodhi akakwana ekumisikidza chiyero chechinetso, achivapomera kuti vanodarika mari kumasangano emauto akawandisa seCombat Stress. Muna 2019, akatanga mushandirapamwe neRoyal British Legion uye Earl Haig Fund Scotland, inotsigirwa ne Daily Record, ichidaidzira Hurumende yeUK kuti ibvise mari yekufambisa muImmigration Act 2014 uye Armed Forces immigration zvinodiwa sezvakataurwa muImmigration Act 1971, kuitira kubvumira vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvitanhatu vari kushanda muBritish Armed Forces kubva kune dzimwe nyika uye nyika dzeCommonwealth kodzero yemahara yekuva mugari weBritish, kusanganisira Brigade yeGurkhas. Akashanda mukomiti yemabhiri yeruzhinji iyo yakabudirira kutarisa kupfuudzwa kweArmed Forces Flexible Working Mutemo 2018 kuita mutemo. Sweeney akabudirirawo kuita mushandirapamwe wekudzorera chiyeuchidzo cheHighland Light Infantry muKelvingrove Park mushure mekunge yaparadzwa muna Kukadzi 2019. 