The deal involves Britain handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a country with close ties to China, in exchange for leasing back Diego Garcia, a strategically important military base, for £34 billion.
The deal was made without a democratic mandate, public debate or voter approval, and undermines British and American security in the Indo-Pacific.
President Trump does not mince his words. And this week, when he described Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal as an “act of GREAT STUPIDITY,” he was absolutely right. In fact, it is hard to think of a more accurate description.
Because what the British government has attempted to do over the Chagos Islands is not merely incompetent or naïve. It is a textbook example of how a ruling class that no longer believes in its own nation ends up surrendering power, sovereignty, territory and leverage – while wrapping the whole thing in the language of international law, human rights and moral virtue.
Let’s be clear about what Starmer’s Labour agreed to.
Under this deal, Britain would hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – a country with close ties to Communist China – while permanently exiling the Chagossian people from their homeland.
In return, the British taxpayer would be forced to pay tens of billions of pounds – £34 billion to be exact – to lease back Diego Garcia, one of the most strategically important military bases on earth, which underpins both British and American security in the Indo-Pacific.
Nobody voted for this. It was not in the Labour Party’s manifesto. There was no public debate. No democratic mandate.
Just a quiet surrender, negotiated by lawyers and diplomats who appear to believe that Britain’s interests and history are something to be apologised for.
It may well be the worst deal any British government has struck in modern history....<<<Read More>>>....
