Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones has admitted this morning she has not been told why the Chagos surrender deal is important for national security. Wonder why…
Speaking after Trump’s damning intervention last night, Davies-Jones told Times Radio:
“I totally understand how people will be wondering exactly the details of this. There is a lot that happens on that base that not even I know, that a lot of our Government ministers don’t know, and that is vitally important for national security as well. It protects us from terrorism, it is crucial, vital infrastructure for national security, not just here in the UK, but for our allies as well, for our Americans who use that base, and it is important. There’s a lot of things, as I’ve stated, that happen on that base that not even I am privy to. I am entrusted by those who are in operation of that base, our military, our national security agencies who operate that base about how crucial that infrastructure is and our partners across the world as well.”
She went on to insist that the Chagos Bill would be brought back to Parliament “as soon as parliamentary time allows”. A weaker line than the last time Trump slammed the deal, in which Darren Jones said it was impossible to “reverse the clock” on the sellout. Save Chagos…
Starmer was read out a list of his 13 U-turns on BBC Radio 2, to which he responded:
“Well, I am a common sense merchant.”