A group of British Chagossians have set foot on the archipelago in defiance of the government’s exclusion zone, vowing to establish a permanent settlement on the Île du Coin and issuing a Declaration of Return. Led by Chagossian First Minister Misley Mandarin, the group promised to bring “hundreds more” islanders in due course. Mandarin is calling on Chagossians” to return home “and live the way we used to live before the exile” 50 years ago…
Addressing Keir Starmer directly, he added that if the Prime Minister had the ‘audacity’ to remove the group, he did not ‘deserve‘ to call himself a human rights lawyer, or to be leader of a ‘great country‘ like Britain:
“We are British Chagossians. We are from this island. And we are here to stay.”
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”