Posted on 01/05/2026 4:47:29 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer faced a growing Labour backlash on Monday night after refusing to say whether Donald Trump's raid in Venezuela broke international law.
The Prime Minister, who has lectured opponents on the importance of international law for years, insisted it remained 'the benchmark against which we judge the actions of all other governments'.
But he refused to be drawn on whether the seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro was legal, saying it was 'for the US to justify the action it has taken'.
He added: 'It is not straightforward. It is complicated, and even today, there are further developments.' Sir Keir ducked questions in the Commons about his stance, sending Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to face MPs instead.
Labour MPs lined up to criticise Mr Trump – and ask why the PM was not taking a tougher stance.
Dame Emily Thornberry said Maduro had led an 'abhorrent' regime, but warned that the Government was in danger of endorsing the 'law of the jungle', and it was 'not for the country that is breaking the law to say whether or not it is breaking the law'.
Dame Emily, who chairs the Commons foreign affairs committee, added: 'We risk living in a world where might is right, and that cannot be in Britain's interests.'
John McDonnell, Labour's former shadow chancellor, said the Government's stance was 'shameful', adding: 'Trump will interpret that as the green light to go in wherever, to steal the national assets of those countries.
'And as a result of that, we are all in a more dangerous place.'
Ms Cooper said she raised the importance of respecting international law at the weekend with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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marxist say what??
Poor Sir Keir. He cannot even accurately count how many illegal aliens landed in Britain in the past month.
So analyzing something as complex as the Venezuela situation would be quite beyond him.
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Keir, send a stern letter.
WE Do NOT need him to say- it’s not- end of story-
This is exactly like Blair and Iraq. Bush derangement syndrome existed before there was Trump derangement syndrome.
Mr. Starmer obviously had something going for him to become PM, but his capabilities seem severely taxed in his role.
He’s another one who should be hanged for treason.
Why doesn’t Trump give the poor guy a hall pass to say something nasty about him like he gave Mamdani?
> He’s another one who should be hanged for treason. <
And the Tories were not that much better. Labour and Tories alike presided over the deliberate destruction of the UK.
Maybe I’m being a bit too pessimistic. But I don’t think even Reform can save the UK now. Long term, it will take a military coup.
no one cares Starmer, help the UK
What would Starman know about law anyway he’s a moron
Isn’t that Blair chap the one chiefly responsible for the Mohammedan hordes who are invading the UK? Tough to keep track. Starmer is some species of poofter is the story I’ve heard. It’s “interesting” how many Euro countries are run by the childless, it’s not an automatic disqualification for leadership by any means, but Merkel in Deutschland was a particularly odious exemplar, a former East German Stasi type, apparently. Verrukt!
The word wanker was invented for Starmer.
Starmer needs to be Gitmo’d for his freedom of speech crimes in the UK.
He is waiting for HIS Safe Room to be finished before commenting.
This guy Starmer…. Was it an accident in shop class or did he have them surgically removed? Maybe he’s ‘transitioning’?
His lack of cojones isn’t serving the people of the U.K. or their similarly limp wristed ‘king’. A once strong and proud nation circling the drain.
Kier Starmer doesn’t know what day it is. 🙄
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