Labour has pulled its committal motion on the Chagos Bill for this evening. That is what would have pushed the Bill along…
The Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill has its second reading in the Lords today. Guido hears Labour was worried that LibDem peers would vote with Tory opposition peers on amendments requiring the consultation of Chagossians on aspects of the arrangement with Mauritius. Starmer would hate that…
The Bill could be delayed now – it has to be retabled. Embarrassing as Guido breaks the news that Mauritius is reneging on its commitments to Chagossians…
Speaking to Matt Chorley on BBC 5 Live, Shabana Mahmood was asked what the naughtiest thing she has ever done is:
“I think I took a drag on a cigarette when I was a teenager, when I shouldn’t have done, but it did trigger an asthma attack. And so I figured that was God telling me, don’t smoke.”