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British Labour party divided on support for Venezuela's Maduro regime
Labour MP close to Jeremy Corbyn has criticized the US's decision to impose sanctions on the Venezuelan president. Chris Williamson said it would be “better to facilitate talks” between the government and opposition amid ongoing political unrest and violence. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“clearly it can't be right, can it - in a situation where there is a massive crisis in Venezuela - to impose sanctions on the country.”
Aug 04th, 2017 - 10:05 am - Link - Report abuse -2Maybe that's why they decided not to impose sanctions on Venezuela but only on Maduro? As for the US facilitating talks, how can they when they are regarded with such distrust by the government and used by them to blame all their problems on? The best they could do in that direction is to stay out of it.
And since when has Corbyn or his allies been against people protesting in the street? Encouraging the protesters to stay peaceful is one thing. Telling them to shut up and go home smacks of hypocrisy and denial.
Well, then, said Jeremy Corbyn, let Hitler have that part of Czechoslovakia, we don't want to upset the fine fellow after all, and we can, you know, keep talking.
Aug 04th, 2017 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +6Anyone who could conceivably support the current regime must possess a very special pair of blinkered, rose-colored spectacles.
Aug 04th, 2017 - 01:44 pm - Link - Report abuse +8It doesn't look like anything much is going to happen in Venezuela after the US imposes sanctions, other than a continuation of the current drift towards anarchy. Maduro cannot afford to lighten up. The opposition has insufficient power to make a determinative impact. So what about the armed forces ? Why aren't they doing anything ? Well, to begin with, about one third of the ministers in Maduro's cabinet are either serving or retired officers. With those nice little earners none of them is likely to rock the boat. And to reduce the likelihood that they do, the military is being allowed to invest in ventures of one sort or another that clearly offer substantive opportunities for economic advancement. Not the sort of thing you walk away from without thinking pretty hard about it. If Maduro does finally bring the country to a complete standstill, don't expect a return to democracy any time soon. The military will take over to protect and further their economic interests. By that stage no-one is going to care what the OAS has to say. Internally the army is well-organized on a regional basis and with some of the new toys they've been allowed to buy will have little difficulty taming any opposition. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.
Shows how removed from reality Labour is.
Aug 04th, 2017 - 03:12 pm - Link - Report abuse +3I am starting to loosen my stance on the Brits a bit here.
Aug 04th, 2017 - 03:31 pm - Link - Report abuse -6They seem, ever since Iraq, to have become far more moderate and chary in terms of plunging themselves in the sh!t of other nations. With the exception of some truly appalling remarks (even for “Anglos will be Anglos” standards of hypocrisy) about Russia's “ship of shame”, I think they are more respectful of late about international law and the sovereignty of other nations. 15 years is but a drop in the bucket compared to 400 of the exact opposite behavior, but I will relent a bit. My softening of the stance should help the British economy at the margins in the short term.
TTT
Aug 04th, 2017 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse +4You don't know the British people any more than I know the Argentinian people.
You get your info. by reading “on-line”news or discussions which do not necessarily represent the feeling of the population as a whole.
I just react to people like yourself and assume that this is just typical of the Argentine population.
trolly-boy is still inconsolably peeved that it was the British who brought civilisation, culture, technology, a successful economy, variable-rate mortgages, and Velocette motorbikes to Argentina.
Aug 04th, 2017 - 04:44 pm - Link - Report abuse +4Hmmm. Downvoted for disagreeing with Corbyn's spokesman? How very strange. Do we have closet Corbynistas posting here?
Aug 04th, 2017 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse -4@Trollboy
Yes. Seeing what happened in Iraq, and more recently Libya has made our people and MPs reluctant to get involved in more wars. I am afraid that Brexit will make our leaders keener to suck up to the US though, which means more chance of being dragged into another foolish misadventure.
'British Labour party divided.' Not for the first time - Jezza supports Argentina's mythical Malvinas claim while his own Labour Party supports the Islanders right to self-determination.
Aug 05th, 2017 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse -1So, who's right?
Falklands – Self-Determination: https://www.academia.edu/11325329/Falklands_-_Self-Determination_single_page_
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