Sovereign Rights and Petty Legalisms

In its usual sure-footed and statesmanlike fashion, Team Starmer has proclaimed itself not entirely clear on the Trumpster administration's plans for Venezuela. While it is self-evident that Venezuela's right of self-defence is neither as absolute as Ukraine's nor as sacred as that of the Righteous State, certain questions remain as to whether military aggression and colonialism are against international law when the White House doesn't care one way or the other. For the time being, a spokesbeing was extruded to clarify that Britain had not been informed of the assault and therefore had neither the right nor the inclination to hold any opinion on the matter; save that the business of setting out a democratic future for Venezuela's oil and minerals is "for the Americans now and for Venezuela," presumably in that order.