PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN vote

The PM’s spokesperson did not contest the Times report claiming that, if the UN security council votes on a resolution criticising the US intervention in Venezuela, the UK will abstain. (See 12.11pm.) The spokesperson confirmed that Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, will make a statement to MPs this afternoon about Venezuela and he suggested she would cover this point in her statement.

The spokesperson claimed it was “hypothetical” to suggest, as Emily Thornberry did in her Westminter Hour interview, that the US move would encourage China or Russia to topple leaders that they don’t like. Asked if Thornberry had a point, the spokesperson said:

“I don’t think it’s massively helpful to get into hypothetical scenarios or make comparisons. We respect international law, and we expect countries to do the same.”

The spokesperson also declined to comment on Trump’s suggestions that he might seek to topple the regimes in power in Cuba or in Colombia. Asked about these countries, the spokesperson said these were “hypotheticial scenarios”. When it was pointed out that Trump’s threats to these countries go beyond the hypothetical, the spokesperson replied:

“The UK’s position on this is clear. We respect international law and any soveriegn state that recognises international law must set out the legal basis for its decisions and actions. That is for the US to speak to.”

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    3 days ago

    Fucking lapdog.

    “The UK’s position on this is clear. We respect international law and any soveriegn state that recognises international law must set out the legal basis for its decisions and actions. That is for the US to speak to.”

    Then fucking condem it and do something about it

  • Clot@lemmy.zipEnglish
    281·
    2 days ago

    Who wouldve thought once the empire that ruled on half of the world would become bootlicker of a pedophile

      • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.caEnglish
        14·
        3 days ago

        The last WW2 veterans died and fascism reared its ugly head immediately after. The cultural memory of what happens when you fail to obliterate the Nazis, before they spread too far, is gone.

        Everyone has fallen into the same old trap of it’ll never happen here, meanwhile it is objectively fact that MAGA will take Cuba, Greenland and Canada if they are not stopped.

        I really fucking wish it wouldn’t take until the obvious illegitimate or nonexistent midterm elections for Americans to figure it out.

  • venusaur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    3 days ago

    Nobody is doing anything about Israel. You think they’ll put their neck out for this?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    So what happened to the UK? Like, in the past two decades, the UK has been one REALLY bad decision after another, and they’ve been sliding/speed running into a “v for vengeance” type UK.

    Are the British okay with any of this?

    • Typhoon@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Both the US and UK are captured by the propaganda system. They’ve both been twisted into authoritarian surveillance states swerving quickly to the right. A lot of other countries are heading the same way, but these two are leading.