"UK PM Sir Keir Starmer was condemned for his pledge to send troops to Ukraine - and tried to insist that any deployment would require a vote in parliament - during the first leader's question time of the New Year on Wednesday. "Were troops to be deployed under the declaration signed, I would put that matter to the House for a vote," he said, but opposition leader Kemi Badenoch said it wasn't sufficient. "No Prime Minister, Labour or Conservative, has failed to make a statement to the House in person after committing to the deployment of British troops. His comments about making a statement in due course, quite frankly, are not good enough," she said. "He is scared of us being able to ask him questions.” "Mr Speaker, it is clear that the Prime Minister either does not have the detail or does not want to give us the detail. But this is important. He should be calling an urgent meeting of NATO leaders. He should have spoken to President Trump by now. This is important because if any such peace deal is breached, we would be in direct conflict with Russia," she added. Meanwhile Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey slammed the PM over Venezuela, saying that Starmer's old boss at his law firm had called Trump's intervention 'illegal' - and asked if he agreed. "It is our long-standing position that Maduro was not a legitimate president in Venezuela, and so nobody, I think, sheds any tears at his removal," the PM replied. "The Prime Minister just looks ridiculous when he won't tell the truth that Trump has broken international law," Davey retorted. "Does he also agree that if Trump does attack Greenland, it will be the end of NATO?" "The future of Greenland is for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark and for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone, and yesterday he will have seen that I put out a statement to that effect, along with fellow allies in Europe," Starmer added. On Tuesday, Starmer and France's Emmanuel Macron signed a joint declaration with Ukraine on deploying troops to the country post-ceasefire - and were the only the two of nearly 30 nations in the 'Coalition of the Willing' to do so. The French president even added that it would be a 'reassurance force' and far away from the line of contact. Moscow had not reacted at time of publication. "