Farage used part of his press conference today to slam Starmer’s Chagos surrender deal, calling it the “worst deal” he’s ever seen in his life. He said of the sellout:
“I think this is the worst deal I’ve ever seen in my life. There was absolutely zero legal necessity to give away the sovereignty of the Chaos Islands, none whatsoever. An advisory judgment from a court that is not legitimate and that has too much Chinese influence in it and we’re paying to do it.”
The Reform leader also pointed out that if inflation runs at an average of 3% for the next 99 years, the taxpayer will be footing a £52 billion bill for the giveaway. He then goes on to blast Starmer for ignoring the Chagossians in the process:
“Not to have even referred to the to the Chagossian people who suffered terrible racism in Mauritius. Now that this deal is done they’re now fleeing Mauritius and coming to our country.”
Meanwhile, a fresh FindOutNow poll puts Reform on 32%, an 11-point lead over Labour on 21%. Starmer’s surrender week not going down well with the public…
Speaking on Times Radio, former Home Secretary David Blunkett spoke about overdiagnosis of mental problems:
“Let’s distinguish those who are really severely mentally ill, diagnosed with things that require prolonged medical and diagnostic treatment. My wife and I talk about this a lot, because she’s a retired GP, about the fact that you can be sad without being ill. You can be momentarily depressed because your boyfriend or girlfriend’s just thrown you and you’re not mentally ill. You can even have mild issues, which can be dealt with with the right kind of support, but it doesn’t make you mentally ill. So we’ve got a real task, I think, to get the psychology, if you like, of this over. But there are things where you definitely need medical intervention, and there are other things where you need good friends, you need good connectivity, and you need a job.”