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Starmer’s Friend Revealed To Be Mauritius’ Chief Legal Adviser.
Unbelievable, how much more are the British public to take ?
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> At present we dont live in a dictatorship although it is increasingly looking that way.
The Chagos Islands is a godforsaken part of the Indian Ocean. You might wonder how we "own" it in the first place, and should keep it no matter what, if we are not a "dictatorship". The fact is that we don't own it. That has been recognised for some time, under both Conservative and Labour governments, and finally the process that started (rightly) under a Conservative government has concluded (rightly) under a Labour government.
The Island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos arcipelago is of immense strategic importance in an increasingly dangerous World. Bright people have always known this, the not so bright will need to be shown. The Chinese and terrorist organisations know for instance, and are getting ready to occupy the now unprotected uninhabited Islands in the chain. This is deliberate sabotage of Western interests by an administration in hock to an eastern religous entity. It follows a pattern if you care to, or dare to, look. It now emerges that baroness Uddin the muslim peer who swindled £125,000 from public funds, was not prosecuted by the then DPP(you're ahead of me now aren't you) Kier Starmer for lack of evidence,(She had confessed) and she paid back the embezzled cash with a gift from Palli Alli! Is Starmer being blackmailed by this character about something he is desperate to hide? He shames us all.
“You might wonder how we "own" it in the first place…”
You’re right to enclose “own” in inverted commas. However, you need wonder no more.
The Chagos Islands were uninhabited until the late 1700s, when the French established plantations there.
As far as I can gather, the islands only had an association with Mauritius via the French. They took control of Mauritius in 1715 and although that island had been previously inhabited, at that time it had been virtually abandoned because of destruction by large colonies of Macaque monkeys. It was from Mauritius that the French embarked on their adventures in the Chagos islands where they set up their plantations using slave labour.
During the Napoleonic Wars Britain invaded the French colony of Mauritius and that island, along with the Chagos were ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Paris which ended the wars in 1814. In line with the previous French practice, the Chagos were administered by Britain from Mauritius.
In the early 1960s the UK was negotiating with the USA for a military base to be set up on Diego Garcia and as part of that the UK formerly detached Chagos from all links with Mauritius
When Mauritius gained its independence in 1965, both Mauritius and the Chagos were separate UK territories The independence treaty made it clear that the Chagos were a separate UK territory and did not form part of Mauritius. The Mauritius authorities agreed to this detachment (possibly aided by a £3m grant) and from 1965 the islands became part of the newly formed British Indian Ocean Territory. A clause in the independence treaty agreed that the UK would cede the islands to Mauritius when no longer required for defence purposes.
“The fact is that we don't own it. That has been recognised for some time, under both Conservative and Labour governments…
I wouldn’t quite put it that way. In 2019 the UN declared that the UK was in violation of its Resolutions banning the dismembering of colonies upon their independence, and passed a resolution that the Chagos were part of Mauritius. This was despite the 1965 agreement where Mauritius accepted that the Chagos were not part of their territory. All the UK government recognised was that it was on the wrong end of a decision made by an organisation not well known for siding with members who formerly ran colonies. Maurittius had never been formerly linked with the Chagos Islands in the form of a single territory; it was simply used by the French and the UK as the base for their administration.
To be fair to the current shower of a government, negotiations to resolve this dispute have been ongoing for some years and if it was not Starmer handing them over it would have been somebody else.
But all of this makes little odds because there is not a cat in hell’s chance of the USA quitting its base on Diego Garcia any time soon and whilst they are there nobody will be allowed to live on the Chagos Islands unless they are part of the US:UK enterprise there.
Very succinct NJ: you know it, now we know it, but the question is; does Starmer with his 'student union politics' know it ?
The wider problem is now of a burgeoning & dangerous domino effect. The Argentines are already jumping for joy and will start, in fact have already started, bringing the whole Falkland issue to the fore again
An issue we have fought a war over within living memory.
'The British government’s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a profound strategic error, rooted in a misunderstanding of international law and a failure to protect the UK’s vital national interests. Surrendering sovereignty over the Islands will have a deleterious effect on British and allied interests just as international strategic competition intensifies. It will undermine the overwhelmingly strong legal case for the UK’s continuing sovereignty in relation to a number of other crucial British territories. The government’s decision erodes sound legal principle for the sake of short-term point-scoring in an irrelevant diplomatic game. The government has blundered – Parliament and the public must hold it to account.
The Chagossians have not been properly consulted in these negotiations
The Chagos Islands, including strategically crucial Diego Garcia, have been under British control since 1814. For over two centuries, the UK has exercised sovereignty over this territory, which hosts a vital US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, leased by the UK to the United States after London withdrew its forces from east of the Suez Canal. Diego Garcia has served as an indispensable logistical hub for the US for over half a century. It facilitated crucial American operations, in which the UK participated as a key coalition member, to counter Iraqi aggression against Kuwait in 1990-1991, and the US-UK missions against the Taliban in 2001, while also supporting the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban afterwards. Diego Garcia’s facilities have been used to pre-position equipment, including enough material and ammunition for large Marine units to fight for a month on short notice.'
Also, the timing could not have been worse, but then, look who is instigating this blunder.
It seems the US president is happy about the decision.
"I applaud the historic agreement and conclusion of the negotiations between the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the status of the Chagos Archipelago. It is a clear demonstration that through diplomacy and partnership, countries can overcome long-standing historical challenges to reach peaceful and mutually beneficial outcomes. This agreement affirms Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, while granting the United Kingdom the authority to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius with respect to Diego Garcia."
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