Trump Is Right: The UK Chagos Deal Is an ‘Act of Great Stupidity’
The 2025 treaty transfers sovereignty to Mauritius while the UK retains control of Diego Garcia; financial support totals £185 million annually but lacks firm resettlement guarantees for Chagossians.
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Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump
Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great Stupidity”.
James York: The Truth on Chagos? We need an off ramp, fast
James York is a member of the Beaconsfield Conservative Association and a policymaker in the insurance industry. Nothing is more pressing in our national politics right now than the plight of the absurd, inconceivable, illogical, baffling and frankly suspicious Chagos Islands “deal”. We must find Sir Keir (Sucker?) Starmer an off ramp. A democracy that treats non-binding advice as binding, perpetuates the conversion of sovereignty into ritual. …
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