Keir Starmer says he ‘stands’ with Denmark after Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland Speaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was arrested by the Americans on Saturday and taken to a US jail, was not a legitimate ruler. He said: What’s happened here in Venezuela is obviously really important. We have long championed a peaceful transition to democracy, because the president was illegitimate. International law is really important. It’s the framework, and it’s for the US to set out its justifications for the actions that it’s taken. But it is a complicated situation. It remains a complicated situation. The most important thing is stability and that peaceful transition to democracy … I think the vast majority of Labour MPs would say that they want to see democracy in Venezuela. That is hugely important. Continue reading...

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