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Are you supportive of the US military action in Venezuela on Saturday

And are you confident that it was in keeping with international law

I think the key point I would make is I support the outcomes, but with caveats

When I say I support the outcomes in the sense that, look, you know, Maduro has gone. He was a brutal dictator who arrested political opponents

He did many bad things. He was wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity

but the caveat is now that he's been removed we need to move to the next phase very carefully

in my view it needs to be moving towards a stable democracy where ultimately the future of venezuela

is determined by the people of venezuela as one would expect in a stable democracy but it has to

be said that's something the country hasn't enjoyed for a long time because of maduro and

his predecessor and so to that extent i welcome what the u.s has done but as i say it's with a

very cautious caveat that the next phase is critical and I do think the priority must be to move towards stable democracy in Venezuela

Do you have concerns about what this might mean next for Latin America? Trump is deepening his warnings to other nations, including Cuba and Colombia

Can you repeat the question? My apologies. The sound is not very clear

Oh, my apologies. Do you have concerns about what this might mean next for Latin America

Trump is deepening his warnings to other nations, including Cuba and Colombia

What do you think could happen next here? Well, I'm not going to speculate

Obviously, there's a lot of discussion on these points. I think what we can accept is we know what's happened

which is obviously this, in military terms, very successful operation lifting President Maduro and taking him to the US to go on trial I think in terms of what happens next that is now purely speculative But I think in many ways there is a message for us in the UK I know that viewers of your programme want to see us standing strong They watch

President Trump and think whatever one thinks of the legalities, etc., that he is a very

strong leader and they want to see that from the UK. And so as a return to my previous

point and the one I made on your show before Christmas, before the end, before the Christmas

recess. I think that one thing we've got to learn from this is we've got to be strong

We've really got to up our military spending and not just the spending, but the rate at

which we rearm as a key member of NATO so that we do our bit in standing up to the threats

that we face. And what should Britain's position be today at this coalition of the willing meeting in

Paris? Are you concerned that the situation in Venezuela might overshadow proceedings

today? We know that Marco Rubio won't be there because of the situation in Venezuela

what could be achieved today, if anything? I think it's very important what's happening in Paris

The situation remains very severe in Ukraine, the continued bombardment of civilians

continued high level of battlefield casualties, and it has to be said for Russia itself as well

not that Putin seems to care particularly. I think it's very important today

My concern on all of this is twofold. Firstly, I worry that Putin

Whatever happens today in Paris, whatever discussions take place among the coalition willing, is he serious about peace

Which is why, for me, without wishing to be repetitive, I think Britain within this, whatever happens today with its partners

has got to really up its game on rearmament. Because I actually think, even if we get a lasting peace, and I desperately want to see that, it's been a brutal war

Nevertheless, we mustn't kid ourselves that that ends the threat that we face. We are in a world which is going to have more threats for a long time to come

and we need to rise up to that and defend against that as well