Lib Dems demand release of Venezuela legal advice as Starmer again refuses to say whether Trump breached international law
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The Lib Dems are calling on the Government to publish any legal advice it has received on breaches of international law by the United States in its strikes on Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, as Starmer has again refused to be drawn on the legality of Trump’s move.
The Prime Minister has today again refused to say whether the US’s strikes on Venezuela broke international law.
The Liberal Democrats’ call comes after Ed Davey’s condemnation of the strikes on Venezuela and his criticism of Starmer’s hesitancy, saying such an approach gives Trump licence for hostilities against other sovereign countries.
Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller MP said:
“Trump’s interventions in Venezuela are surely in violation of international law – yet our tight-lipped Prime Minister is refusing to call that out.
“Rather than give the British public the information they deserve about such a brazen attack by the President of the United States, Downing Street is giving him cover by pleading the fifth. That’s the wrong approach.
“The Government must release any legal advice they hold on whether or not President Trump has broken international law. If he has, the British people deserve to know.”
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