Starmer’s shameful Chagos giveaway – which would mean surrendering British Indian Ocean Territory to China-backed Mauritius – is still on life support after changes of government in both Washington DC and Port Louis. Multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations previously indicated that National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell’s last ditch trip to the Mauritian capital went down like a cup of cold sick with the new government there. One insider called it a ‘humiliating and desperate’ look for the British. Classic Labour…
Now Guido hears David Lammy has directly contacted Port Louis once again in an effort to finalise the beleaguered agreement. Diplomatic sources speculate that Lammy will be forced to write Mauritius an even bigger cheque in order to save the deal – in an effort to seduce the new Mauritius administration. The original sum agreed between the parties has not been disclosed, even in Parliament. It must be stupendously big, and it’s about to get bigger…
Meanwhile, the Mauritians have commissioned an independent review of the deal, presumably as a pretext to raise the cash threshold. British taxpayers need answers without delay, not to mention anyone who cares about UK security…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”