mr corbyn insists he's the only leader offering a message of hope to voters. five years but westminster‘s been a volatile place recently and jeremy corbyn says he wants to be ready for the unexpected. labour's identified dozens of seats where they believe they can beat the conservatives next time around and officials say mr corbyn is now in permanent campaign mode. but it's events thousands of miles away in venezuela that some want the labour leader to talk about. a disputed vote has given president maduro's ruling socialist party more powers. violent protests have left over 100 dead. in the past, mr corbyn has voiced support for mr maduro, even phoning in to his weekly radio show. would he condemn him now? what i condemn is the violence that has been done by any side, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are partly structural because not enough has been done to diversify the economy away from oil. that has to be a priority for the future. but critics say mr corbyn needs to go much further than that. well, i w

this is what mr corbyn had to say. —— maduro is to be condemned.maduro is to be condemned. what i condemn is violence done by any site, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are structural, because not was —— not enough was done to diversify the economy away from oil. but we also have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many of the poorest people. earlier, i spoke tojuan andreas maria, one of the founders of one of the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popular will. the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popularwill. i asked him if it was right that both sides are responsible for

mr corbyn insiss he's the only leader offering a message of hope to voters. ection isn't due for almost five years but westminster has been a volatile place recently and jeremy corbyn says he wants to be ready for the unexpected. labour's identified dozens of seats where they believe they can beat the conservatives next time round. and officials say mr corbyn is now in permanent campaign mode. but it's events thousands of miles away in venezuela that some want the labour leader to talk about. a disputed vote has given president maduro's ruling socialist party more powers. violent protests have left over 100 dead. would he now condemn president maduro after voicing support for him in the past? what i condemn is the violence that has been done by any side, by all sides, in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are partly structural because not enough has been done to diversify the economy away from oil. that has to be a priority for the future. but critics say mr corbyn needs to go much further than that. well, iwould hope he wo

mr corbyn insists he‘s the only leader offering a message of hope to voters. hey can beat the conservatives next time round. and officials say mr corbyn is now in permanent campaign mode. but its events thousands of miles away in venezuela that some want the labour leader to talk about. a disputed vote has given president maduro ruling socialist party more powers. violent protests have left over 100 dead. would he now condemn president maduro after voicing support for him in the past? what i condemn is the violence that has been done by any side, by all sides, in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are partly structural because not enough has been done to diversify the economy away from oil. that has to be a priority for the future. but critics say mr corbyn needs to go much further than that. well, iwould hope he would first of all condemn completely the dictatorial tendencies of the regime. and accept that what's seen ten or 15 years ago as a role model has actually failed, let alone apply that kind of system to the uk. the

this is what mr corbyn had to say. —— maduro is to be condemned.yn had to say. -- maduro is to be condemned. what i condemn is violence done by any site, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are structural, because not was —— not enough was done to diversify the economy away from oil. but we also have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many of the poorest people. earlier, i spoke tojuan andreas maria, one of the founders of one of the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popular will. the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popularwill. i asked him if it was right that both sides are responsible for violence in venezuela. i do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the national guard and police with

mr corbyn insists he is the only leader offering a message of hope to voters. lmost five years but westminster has been a volatile place recently injeremy corbyn says he wants to be ready by the unexpected. labour has identified dozens of seeds where they believe they can beat the conservatives next time round and officials sayjeremy corbyn is now in ireland campaign mode. but it is events thousands of miles away in venezuela that some want the labour leader to talk about. the disputed vote gave the party more powers. violent protests have left over 100 dead. witty now condemn the president after voicing support for him in the past? what i condemn is the violence that has been done by any side by all sides in this. islands will not solve the issue, theissues islands will not solve the issue, the issues of venezuela are partly structural because not enough is being done to diversify the economy away and that has to be a priority for the future. but critics say jeremy corbyn needs to go much further than that. i would hope he would first of all condemn com pletely

conservative mp and foreign office minister, alan duncan, has criticised jeremy corbyn for stance on venezuela. speaking earlier, mris being brought to its knees and that jeremy corbyn, who had previously shown support for the country's leadership should publicly condemn what is happening in the country. jeremy corbyn really has to have a reality check on his own politics and realise that venezuela is being brought to its knees and he should realise that venezuela is not... nicolas maduro, the president, is not the poster boy of world politics. indeed, he is the poster of what should be condemned in world politics and it's time that jeremy corbyn said so explicitly or we will be able to form a very, very clever value of whatjeremy corbyn would ever do in this country if ever he were prime minister. the labour shadow minister, andy mcdonald, has said the labour party have given a ‘quite clear condemnation‘ of what is happening in venezuela. he was then asked if mr corbyn would personally condemn the venezuelan government. well, i know people are very interested in venezuela. it is an important issue but quite frankl

meanwhile mr corbyn — speaking during a visit to the western isles — declined to say whether his party back—tracking on earlier red lines and saying there has to be some form of dispute resolution through some form of judicial process and that obviously is the case and we have said that all along. you think the prime minister is fudging?” all along. you think the prime minister is fudging? i think she is finding that the absolutism of the lancaster house doesn't quite work. has it got to a point where the fudge is so substantial labour might vote against the brexit provisions when they come to the house? we get the brexit bill to the house when we go back in september. ourfirst concern is parliamentary scrutiny. we will be ensuring that parliament has a right to vote on every single section of the bill. we don't want the return of henry viii and decisions by the executive over an elected parliament might you vote against? we will make that decision before the vote. our primary concern at the moment is to ensure there is proper parliamentary scrutiny so every mp can take part and vote.

for example, the other day mr corbyn wouldn't name mr maduro directly.l sides." he says "we have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela." you know, is that satisfactory, as far as you are concerned, from a leading western politician in response to the crisis? not at all, and it is impossible to defend the undefendable. when you can see clearly the violation of human rights and the crimes against humanity that have been committed in the last four months, it is impossible to defend the quote—unquote socialist utopia. it is actually a dystopia. it is unsustainable. you can see the inflation — maduro has actually done something incredible. he has converted venezuela to be the first country in corruption, inflation, violence. and this is completely unsustainable, and it is unacceptable. so i think that the... your problem is, the more you list the failings and the tragedy of venezuela today, the more i am left scratching my head as to why it is that — and remember, i was in venezuela relatively recent

times change, kezia dugdale now backs mr corbyn, loyally supporting his scottish tour last week. , she was definitely not bowing to pressure. i refute that completely. what i‘m trying to do is something that politicians rarely do, which is to leave with my head held high, without any sort of crisis. are you going before you were pushed ? absolutely not. reasons for going — she faced an intense spell as leader, through successive elections. she takes credit for helping rescue scottish labour from oblivion. plus personalfactors, the break up of a longstanding relationship, the death of her closest friend. rivals praised her efforts. we‘re opponents, but i‘ve always admired the guts and the determination that she‘s brought to that task, in the most difficult of times. kezia dugdale‘s deputy, alex rowley, will act as interim leader, but won‘t seek the top job. neil findlay, jeremy corbyn‘s number one fan in scotland, has ruled himself out. the left might favour richard leonard, an msp with a strong trade union grounding. many also point to anas sarwar, who‘s performed well in the heal

conservative mp and foreign office minister, alan duncan, has criticised jeremy corbyn for stance on venezuela. speaking earlier, mruntry's leadership should publicly condemn what is happening in the country. jeremy corbyn really has to have a reality check on his own politics and realise that venezuelan is being brought to its knees and he should realise that venezuela is not... nicolas maduro, the president, is not the poster boy of world politics. indeed, he is the poster of what should be condemned in world politics and it's time that jeremy corbyn said so explicitly or we will be able to form a very, very clever value of whatjeremy corbyn would ever do in this country if ever he were prime minister. the labour shadow minister, andy mcdonald, has said the labour party have given a ‘quite clear condemnation' of what is happening in venezuela. he was then asked if mr corbyn would personally condemn the venezuelan government. well, i know people are very interested in venezuela. it is an important issue but quite frankly, when i go around my constituency, it's not the first thing that people ask me about. what's g

mr corbyn said he was "very sad" about the lives that had been lost. correspondent emma va rdy who's in westminster. what exactly has jeremy corbyn what exactly hasjeremy corbyn been saying? in the past of course, remember he had raised the regime of president and that of his predecessor. he praised the way they we re predecessor. he praised the way they were able to improve health care, education for working classes and whatjeremy corbyn saw as an example of socialism that was working. now venezuela is in crisis so that all looks very different. we have seen dozens looks very different. we have seen d oze ns of looks very different. we have seen dozens of people killed, there is mass starvation now in the country. the labour party itself has condemned this and it has spoken out and called for the venezuelan government to respect human rights butjeremy corbyn, the leader of the party, he has been on holiday so there have been mounting calls for him to respond to this personally. he has done so today, he has condemned the violence on all sides, he has ex

mr corbyn picking up more support, while mrs may lost hers, despite starting very strongly.‘s always nice to see grafts, but they don‘t look that surprising, did we know this? on the one hand, yes. but this is the most detailed look yet, drilling down into the numbers with a big sample size of 30,000 voters surveyed over three years. it gives us the best look yet at what exactly was going on. it has been said that the result of this year‘s general election was one of the most surprising in living memory. remember, the shock moment when the exit poll came out and we saw that we we re exit poll came out and we saw that we were left with a hung parliament. what exactly was going on? one of the most striking things about this study is it shows us the churn that went on during the campaign. the campaign really did matter. lots of people changed their minds during this period, some 19% of voters changed their minds during the 2017 general election campaign. quite a few voters changed their mind, 17% in the 20 15th few voters changed their mind, 17% in the 2015th campaign, too. but

mr corbyn picking up more support, while mrs may lost hers, despite starting very strongly.let's try to dissect some of that. i'm joined from our westminster studio by our political correspondent emma va rdy. i feel like i should ifeel like i should have been taking it and should get tested on that. but in essence, it is interesting to see how things changed for one thing, as the election campaign wore on. that is right. some of this is confirming what we already knew. it is lifting the lid and drilling down into the numbers ina the lid and drilling down into the numbers in a bit more detail. and with a large sample size, two, 30,000 voters sampled over three yea rs, 30,000 voters sampled over three years, giving us the most detailed look yet at what was going on. don't forget, the general election result this year is said to be one of the most surprising in living memory, because so many people predicted an increased majority for the conservatives. then to our shock, on election night, there was a hung parliament. what are things going on, churn? people did not stick with t

mr corbyn was campaigning in reading when he was asked about president trump's response.le was that the kkk and its supporters, white supremacists, arrived in charlottesville to cause trouble. one person died. many more have been injured. surely every president of every country in the world, when we represent everybody, should be able to condemn that. but people will say you condemned both sides in venezuela when there was a clear disparity there. there is no equivalence between white supremacists trying to kill somebody in charlottesville. and yes, there are problems in venezuela. i have called for the same as president macron. i have called for calm, peace and negotiations, and a constitutional way forward. the headlines on bbc news. the red cross says more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts of surrey are rarely own‘s capital freetown. —— the outskirts of sierra leone. donald trump returns to washington amid criticism of his comments over the violence in charlottesville. south korea's president calls on the us to help prevent a war amid worsenin

mr corbyn said he was sad for the loss of life, but did not outright condemn president maduro — despiteam very i am very sad that lives have been lost in venezuela. the people that have died, either those on the streets or security forces attacked by people on the streets, all of those lives are terrible for the loss of them. there has to be a dialogue and process respecting the independence of the judiciary and human rights of all. i think president macron's call today for dialogue is a good one and there should be respect for the constitution and independence of the judiciary. do you condemn president madeira's actions? i condemn the violence done by any side, and by all sides in this. violence will not solve the issue. issues in venezuela are solve the issue. issues in venezuela a re partly solve the issue. issues in venezuela are partly structural, not enough is done to diversify the economy. that has to be a priority for the future but we must also recognise that have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving the lives of the poorest people. do

this graph shows how the leader's likeability ratings converged as the campaign wore on — mr corbyn pickingvardy. does this confirm what we already expected to an extent? on the one hand, yes but this is the most detailed look we've had so far add what is going on. a sample of 30,000 voters over three years. it gives a much better indication of where people were switching allegiances and how in some cases it managed to outfox the pollsters. one significant thing this picks up is the amount of churn that was happening throughout the campaign. the amount of people who changed the party they intended to vote for and who they actually voted for on election day. some 19% of voters switched the way they were going to vote during his time. the flow of those votes were overwhelmingly in one direction. labour picked up 54% of those who switched compared to just 19% of the conservatives. a sign that labour was able to broaden its appeal during the campaign, it didn't win of course but these numbers are showing as what the surprise surge was towards labour that we saw. what does it say about the brexi

people like mrs may and indeed jeremy corbyn, they cannot put a cigarette paper between them, they are theirjob and nothing is perfect, as we know. one of the things that has got to be said, in all of the security situations that have happened in london, the british security services have been remarkably good. london bridge, we know now, eight minutes. this is why they are prepared. there are people who want to do things to parliament and to do things in london and the security services have been exceptional, i think. we will take that as good news then! now the mail on sunday. a different lead story here. the unacceptable face of capitalism declared by theresa may, specifically the greed of fat cat bosses. yes, they have got peter crook in their sights, the mail on sunday, this finance company, provident financial, which lost millions of pounds in a day on its stock value and he has earned 44 million. i think it is good for our pm. it is rather consistent with her. she doesn't mind saying rather unpalatable things and very often at the right time. famously, while they we re the right

butjeremy corbyn has in the past praise mr maduro's regime.im today, the diplomatic answer he gave was there has been widespread support for this socialist regime, that he also supported the improvements that have been made to health and social care, but he condemned the violence. he picked up on that point that when an economy is dependent on oil prices, it is too dependent on one particular source and this was the wea kness particular source and this was the weakness and this should have been addressed earlier. defenders of jeremy corbyn say this is the silly season, all these attacks on his views are politically motivated. but there are some in his own cabinet who are uneasy with all of theirs. that is right. there were people uneasy with this during the general election campaign when he was asked repeatedly to clarify his stance on the ira. he was asked to clarify his sta nce the ira. he was asked to clarify his stance and his links with previous historical dealings with other sort of terrorist designated organisations. this goes to the he

now jeremy corbyn and kia starmer had agreed on their version of the way forward. a transitional period is this the centre. writing in the 0bserver, mre government of constructive ambiguity and says they should be no mixed messages. a credible solution is needed to one of the most takes to the important issues. labour has not said how long the proposed transitional period should last. 0nly that it should be as short as possible they may find themselves torn between supporting what many will see as a soft brexit policy and representing their constituents, a lot of whom voted overwhelmingly to leave the eu. here starmer has suggested keeping the benefits of the single market with a effective management with migration. some pro—europe labour mps want the party to go further. what people would like to see building on this important step forward is for the labour party to commit to single market membership and custom union after the transitional period. the government has dismissed labour's policy saying the party has no vision for britain post brexit. their plan for a transitional period is now set. stay with us on bbc world news, still