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?
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”