Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>Claims that the Chagos Islands deal will cost the UK £35 billion are misleading. </p><p>The government’s actual cost, accounting for inflation and discounting, is £3.4 billion in today’s money. </p><p>This explainer breaks down the difference and debunks the £35 billion scare.</p><p> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ChagosIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChagosIslands</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a><br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99798" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99798</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
#ChagosIslands
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yeah cool, that's just what the Voters wanted, I remember the cries for it clearly last year...../s
'£100 million a year' this will cost us. And when the Yanks turn it into a death camp for migrants?
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What a cretin of an answer this is....
I should fucking think so, we are the minor, junior, lesser partner in this colonial clown show after all....
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The #UK has agreed to hand #Mauritius the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval & bomber base on the largest of the #ChagosIslands, Diego Garcia. The UK would then lease back the base for at least 99 years.
A judge had granted an injunction in the early hours of Thurs, blocking the British govt from taking any “conclusive or legally binding step” to hand the islands to a foreign govt.
#UK signs agreement to hand #sovereignty of the disputed #ChagosIslands to #Mauritius
#KeirStarmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home to a strategically important naval & bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia.
#Starmer says the agreement secures the future of a base that is “right at the foundation of our safety & security at home.”
#geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/chagos-islands-britain-mauritius-handover-court-blocks-b6f02636c9bc858a06926090d1a8cb5c
The Empire Never Died
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/22/the-empire-never-died/
Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified U.K. There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire — the largest…
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Consortium News · The Empire Never DiedChallenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis.
By Mark Curtis
Declassified U.K.
There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire — the largest the world has ever known — was
The UK government deal to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is set to go ahead after a High Court judge dismissed a last-ditch challenge from a British woman born in the Chagos Islands.
@EveningStandard has more:
https://flip.it/4.2NdP
Evening Standard · Chagos Islands deal signed after High Court judge rejects injunction bid
Grant Chagossians a referendum to decide the future of Chagos Islands - Petitions
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706882
Petitions - UK Government and ParliamentPetition: Grant Chagossians a referendum to decide the future of Chagos IslandsGrant Chagossians a referendum to decide the future of Chagos Islands, making any arrangement on sovereignty of the Chagos islands subject to a consultative referendum by the Chagossian diaspora living in the UK, commonwealth, and overseas territories.
