Lady Nugee is “calling out” Donald Trump for his intervention in Venezuela this morning – which will leave Delta Force quaking in their boots. The Labour chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee is at odds with the Prime Minister…
No10 is trying not to offend Washington further by taking a muted position on the operation to lift Maduro out of the country. Meanwhile, Thornberry writes in the Mirror:
“Is Trump allowed to do that? Well no. You really aren’t allowed to walk into other countries and arrest the leadership, then take them off to be tried in your domestic court. Where would it end? Anyway, it’s not really about drugs, it’s about oil. If it was about drugs, there are many other countries that are much bigger sources of illicit drugs, Venezuela is a long way down the list.”
Thornberry has a curious record on Venezuela, having failed to call for a change to the Maduro regime when she was Shadow Foreign Secretary under Corbyn. In 2019 she refused to recognise Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president, defying the US, European countries, and UK government. Labour’s position on the issue has long been Caracas…
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar said in his speech marking the launch of the Scottish Parliament election campaign:
“The UK Labour government has many meaningful achievements which they need to shout louder about, but it is also fair to say that they haven’t got everything right. And there are many challenges they still must confront. I get it. I don’t just see it. I feel it across Scotland. I know the Prime Minister and the UK Labour Government are not popular with the public right now. So, I am not running to be Scotland’s first minister in denial of that truth. I am running to be Scotland’s first minister in defiance of it.”