An extended Judicial Review process could delay the Chagos Giveaway for up to a year. Or so hope the Chagossians…
A repeatedly-delayed High Court consideration of a Judicial Review is due on Monday 12th. The Chagossians allege that they should have been adequately consulted on the deal. The government has been prevented from rushing the deal through this week by the Lords…
The government suffered a series of defeats on the Chagos Surrender bill last night as four out of five substantive hostile amendments passed. It is now pinging its way back to the Commons…
Amendments passed by the LibDems and Tories concerned additional oversight on the Diego Garcia lease and giving Chagossians the right to deny the deal by referendum. Starmer is packing the Lords with new Labour peers who he hopes will stop these humiliations in the upper chamber…
Guido is informed that Chagossian campaigners will appeal a High Court decision that dismisses their JR. After hitting the court of appeal it is likely to end up in the Supreme Court, a judicial process that will delay ratification of the deal thanks to officials’ concerns over legality. The government has so far failed its fast-action job to avoid this eventuality. Any Labour figure looking to replace Starmer in that time could make use of a £9 billion ‘Keep the Chagos Dividend’…
Speaking on Trump’s military action in Venezuela, Kemi Badenoch told the Today Programme:
“Where the legal certainty is not yet clear, morally, I do think it was the right thing to do.”