There’s still time to save British Indian Ocean Territory, at least according to the Mauritius media which is being directly briefed by the negotiating team present in London. Reports published in Mauritius French language paper Le Defi Quotidien contradict most of the UK stories which have been published in the past week, including the FT‘s scoop about ‘frontloading’ the proposed payment. In summary the reports claim:
The paper concludes: “At the level of the Mauritian Government, one maintains that there isn’t a rush to complete the deal before the inauguration of Trump”. That’s contrary to most UK spin put out by Labour, attempting to rush the deal. Could the UK media be wildly ahead of itself and Trump will yet have the chance to wreck Starmer’s giveaway?
Bookmark this from Andy Burnham:
2029: “that’s when the next election will be.”
May 2027: “Absolutely not.”
“No election any time soon.”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”