Why won’t Yvette Cooper criticise Trump over Venezuela? Look no further than Ukraine

The foreign secretary faces a tight balancing act between keeping the US involved in peace talks, and trying to maintain international order Anyone trying to understand why Yvette Cooper studiously avoided saying whether the UK viewed the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro as a breach of international law only needed to look to what was planned in Paris a day later.After the foreign secretary’s 90-minute humiliation in the House of Commons on Monday night, a joint statement was expected in the French capital by the coalition of the willing – and a draft included the US promising binding security guarantees to protect Ukraine in the event of a further Russian attack. Continue reading...