Jeremy Corbyn's team today tried to woo voters by posting a video of the Labour leader helping a mother with her buggy at a train station.

Fresh from his summer holidays in Croatia, the leftwinger is embarking on a charm offensive by touring marginal constituencies trying to drum up support.

His tour took him to Crawley in Sussex where he helped to carry the baby in their pushchair at the train station.

And his aides wasted no time in trying to capitalise on the gesture by sending out a clip of it to his legions of Snapchat followers.

The clip will be seen as part of a bid to try to prove he is a caring politician as he faces widespread criticism for refusing to speak out against the Venezuelan leader.

Nicolas Maduro rigged the recent election and ordered a brutal crackdown of political opponents.

At least 100 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in violent street clashes.

Mr Corbyn is a longtime cheerleader of the hard-left regime in south America, and has refused to join international condemnation of the regime.

The regime has given itself sweeping, dictatorial powers while political opponents have been rounded up in midnight police raids.

Meanwhile, Venezuelans are not getting access to basic foods and medicines as the economy slides into collapse.

Inflation is running at 1,000 per cent and 80 per cent of people are living in poverty.

The Labour leader finally broke his silence on the bloodshed today - but refused to condemn Mr Maduro when asked.

He said: 'What I condemn is the violence that's been done by any side, by all sides, in all 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 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.'

And he refused to say that he regretted backing the regime, despite the turmoil.

Jeremy Corbyn's Snapchat account proudly broadcast a clip of the Labour leader helping a mum with her buggy at Crawley train station amid ongoing criticism of his failure to condemn the Venezuelan regime for overseeing a brutal political crackdown

The Labour leader is on a charm offensive travelling the country trying to drum up support for Labour. But invited to condemn the brutal repression of his long-time far-left ally Nicolas Maduro, he refused and instead said he condemns all violence wherever it is

The Labour leader blamed the current crisis in Venezuela on the collapse in oil prices

He said: 'I gave the support of many people around the world for the principle of a government that was dedicated towards reducing inequality and improving the life chances of the poorest people.'

He said he supported French president Emmanuel Macron's call for a dialogue, and said it 'should be regionally based to improve the situation there'.

'There has to be respect for the constitution and respect for the independence of the judiciary.'

Mr Corbyn promised to usher in an era of 'kinder gentler politics' when he was elected to the Labour leadership in 2015.

But despite his grand claims, he has been repeatedly criticised for failing to condemn his allies for their bad behaviour.

he has been criticised for failing to do enough to stamp out Antisemitism on the party.

While many Corbynistas have spouted vile abuse and made physical threats to Conservative and Labour MPs.