Re: Venezuela Crisis & Sham Election
http://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-cor...zuela-10970635
Corbyn urged to condemn Maduro, by his own Labour MPs.
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Labour MP Angela Smith, who has reportedly joined a new all-party parliamentary group on Venezuela, said: "I think Corbyn needs to condemn the actions of the Venezuelan regime, which are a very serious threat to democracy in that country."
Graham Jones, another Labour MP and chairman of the group, told The Times: "I believe everybody in the Labour Party should condemn the Venezuelan regime because the first duty of any state is to look after its citizens.
"Venezuela has failed."
In the past, Mr Corbyn has expressed support for Venezuela's socialist state, praising Mr Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez.
As a backbencher, he attended a 2013 vigil following the death of Mr Chavez, calling him an "inspiration to all of us fighting back against austerity and neo-liberal economics in Europe".
Mr Corbyn later supported a parliamentary motion congratulating Mr Maduro on his election victory via "transparent and fair" elections, and called for closer ties between Caracas and London.
It also urged then-prime minister David Cameron to invite Mr Maduro to visit the UK at the earliest opportunity.
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Corbyn was preaching earlier in the year regarding a State visit for President Trump saying it needed to called off for a whole raft of issues, yet here we have had him praising Maduro in the past, even wanting to welcom him here. Always seems to be backing the wrong people for all the wrong reasons. Yet, he shuns the leader of our most closest ally. :rolleyes:
Either way, I hope you're watching the bloody mess going on over there that you want to inflict on us here, Corbyn. Your dreams of a one class State does not work.
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