The UK Socialists have had a long term love-in with the corrupt Venezuelan regime. Above is the fragrant Jeremy Corbyn singing the praises of Chavez. Today he is refusing to criticise Maduro. These people are his political heroes.
The UK's Labour MP's have been long-term admirers of the crazy Communist/Marxist/Leninist regime, and many amongst them are not happy that Tru*p has now 'illegally' abducted Maduro, and they want Starmer to make a statement saying so!
Starmer & Co are naturally embarrassed that Maduro has been arrested. Everyone knew about the killings, corruption, and drug involvement, but many chose to ignore it. Venezuelans themselves have been desperate for a change of regime, whilst Labour have continued to heap their praises on both Chavez and Maduro.
I've mentioned this before, but when my late Father-in-Law was 'Our man in Venezuela', Lady M spent a few years living in Caracas. On one occasion, after they had been burgled, the Police were called. After the Police had gone, there was far more missing than before they'd come to inspect. Such is life under corrupt governments.
Starmer has been skirting around the subject of Maduro's removal, and talking about 'International Law' instead. It's been a tricky situation for him, having continued to ignore all the corruption in favour of Maduro's Communist ideals.
Now, his 'backbenchers', and Corbyn supporters, are up in arms because Starmer hasn't spoken out about the illegality of Tru*p's abduction and nasty treatment of their beloved hero. Poor Starmer doesn't know which way to turn.
It's a shame that what happened recently in Venezuela couldn't have been organised from within.
Maduro wasn't only loved by the UK's Labour Party, he was also the love-child of China, Russia, and Cuba (amongst others). His capture by Tru*p isn't going to help relations with our enemies.
It's actions like this that could lead to a full-blown WW3.
My thought exactly, scary.
ReplyDeleteIt's getting worse and worse. We can no longer bury our heads in the sand!
DeleteMr Starmer is obliged to be extremely cautious over what has just happened in Venezuela for fear of crossing the vindictive egomaniac who currently inhabits The White House. As a lifelong Labour Party voter myself, I can assure you that only those on the extreme left of the party have ever given anything more than a hoot about Venezuelan politics. However, since the illegal American assault on the country and the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia, many more fair-minded British citizens will be concerned, angry and fearful about Trumpism and the harm it is doing - not just within America itself but across the world.
ReplyDeleteStarmer has been put in a very difficult position. His backbenchers are calling for him to criticise Tru*p. And Corbyn etc are openly praising Mad-uro. I am of an age when I even remember Red Ken Livingstone praising the crazy Venezuelan regime. We all know that Mad-uro was corrupt; so Starmer cannot be seen to support him, nor does he want to upset his acolytes. I wouldn't want to be him trying to explain the Labour Party's stand!
DeleteIt's believed that Maduro outright stole his 2018 re-election victory by downright devious means, defeating opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzales. Evidence at the time showed that Maduro lost by a landslide.
ReplyDeleteSome calling it 'the largest electoral fraud in Latin America's history.'
And with all this giving Starmer yet another dilemma, the more the better.
Well, he managed to bring his country to its knees, which I suppose is why he's so admired by The Labour Party. His legacy is there for all to see, but the left cannot stop themselves from admiring him. You'd think they would take this opportunity to say something sensible for a change!
DeleteVenezuela has much in common with other oil-rich states, such as Nigeria - the oil wealth fuels corruption on an heroic scale, and woe betide any who challenge the ruling elites with their snouts in the trough. As Deejohn notes above, the last election that Maduro claimed to have won was widely considered to have been actually won by his opponent, but the results were "adjusted" to give Maduro victory.
ReplyDeleteWhilst I have grave reservations about how it was achieved, the removal of Maduro was necessary, but not sufficient, as his deputy, who appears to be the interim head of state appears to be a Maduro clone, so what will actually change?
Yes, as I said above, it would have been better if Mad-uro's arrest had come from within. Tru*p has shown himself to be no different to Putin. But at least Venezuela is free of at least one nasty Commie tyrant.
DeleteI agree, Trump has broken his promises to the voters at the request of the globalists and will bring problems.. and his talking about invading Greenland
ReplyDeleteI am not disappointed that M has been removed from V. V has been and is corrupt to the core. Ideally the removal would have been executed from within V. US action to remove M was shocking. I am glad the removal was not a bloodbath. It does speak to an internal/external orchestrated maneuver.
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen next is the big question.