Farage should shut up
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This is misleading on several levels.
The Chagos Islands process did not begin with Keir Starmer. It started under Conservative governments after repeated international court rulings found the UK’s continued control of the territory to be unlawful. Britain has been on the losing side of this for years.
Donald Trump approved the framework that protects US military access to Diego Garcia during his presidency. Nothing in this arrangement threatens the US base or the UK’s relationship with its closest ally. Trump’s current comments are political flip flopping, not a sudden discovery of risk.
There is no reckless “giveaway”. The security arrangements remain exactly as they were. What changes is that Britain stops clinging to a position the rest of the world has already rejected.
And there is a wider point Farage avoids. You cannot “give away” what was never rightfully yours to keep. Returning the Chagos Islands is about ending an unlawful colonial arrangement, not weakening Britain. Distancing ourselves from that past is long overdue.
This is misleading on several levels.
The Chagos Islands process did not begin with Keir Starmer. It started under Conservative governments after repeated international court rulings found the UK’s continued control of the territory to be unlawful. Britain has been on the losing side of this for years.
Donald Trump approved the framework that protects US military access to Diego Garcia during his presidency. Nothing in this arrangement threatens the US base or the UK’s relationship with its closest ally. Trump’s current comments are political flip flopping, not a sudden discovery of risk.
There is no reckless “giveaway”. The security arrangements remain exactly as they were. What changes is that Britain stops clinging to a position the rest of the world has already rejected.
And there is a wider point Farage avoids. You cannot “give away” what was never rightfully yours to keep. Returning the Chagos Islands is about ending an unlawful colonial arrangement, not weakening Britain. Distancing ourselves from that past is long overdue.
