The Labour Government

[Vic]

R/W meltdown over the Chagos Islands and Mauritius. Desperate tactic - all the Govt have done is signed off on an agreement already reached with the previous Govt. One of the leadership candidates really angry - guess who?

James Cleverly condemns Chagos Islands deal - which he initiated

After a barnstorming conference, which catapulted Mr Cleverly to second favourite in the Tory leadership contest, the Chagos Islands news threatens to derail his momentum

www.independent.co.uk

At the outset, headlines like this are nonsense.

Truss and Cleverly blamed as Starmer ‘surrenders’ key airbase islands​

There's absolutely no blame attached to reversing a British bit of ethnic cleansing.

 

[bluethrunthru]

At the outset, headlines like this are nonsense.

Truss and Cleverly blamed as Starmer ‘surrenders’ key airbase islands​

There's absolutely no blame attached to reversing a British bit of ethnic cleansing.

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

I’d start with Clacton.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I’d start with Clacton.

Liverpool would top my list.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Liverpool would top my list.

It’d be very high up my list too, but I’m sceptical that anyone would want it.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It’d be very high up my list too, but I’m sceptical that anyone would want it.

We could get one of those trench diggers, go round the boundary, excluding EFC's new ground, and let it just float off somewhere.

 

[Vic]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

Thatcher signed off on giving Hong Kong back to China.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Thatcher signed off on giving Hong Kong back to China.

I think it wasn't a case of giving it back, I think the lease ran out!

 

[bluethrunthru]

Thatcher signed off on giving Hong Kong back to China.

has Jenricks daughter been informed?

 

[stan bowles]

R/W meltdown over the Chagos Islands and Mauritius. Desperate tactic - all the Govt have done is signed off on an agreement already reached with the previous Govt. One of the leadership candidates really angry - guess who?

James Cleverly condemns Chagos Islands deal - which he initiated

After a barnstorming conference, which catapulted Mr Cleverly to second favourite in the Tory leadership contest, the Chagos Islands news threatens to derail his momentum

www.independent.co.uk

I'd never heard of these Islands until today. So long as the UK Government (in other words, the UK taxpayer) isn't served with compensation claims from those that say they were affected by past events, then I have no objections.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

Have we given up Sea Cow Island too?

 

[Manc in London]

How much do bin men get now?

£27k for ops staff and £32k for drivers. This is at a London council. 36 hours per week

 

[Manc in London]

Plumbers are grossly overpaid, just saying. But they still don't get to be earning £150k a year with a brilliant pension as they get more senior. Just saying.

Sadly, that's the market. To be fair to plumbers, they need to be trained and accredited.

Where I live in London, labourers are charging c£200 per day. Painters/decorators a tad more.

 

[bluethrunthru]

£27k for ops staff and £32k for drivers. This is at a London council. 36 hours per week

So their employers are paying a wage they can live on and the tax payer isn't subsidising that? If so isn't that the proverbial "make work pay"?

 

[metalblue]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

All political parties make shit up.

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[yerwot?]

Diego Garcia was needed by the US for refueling the B52 nuclear deterrent, and used it as a condition of the deal on the Polaris mirv missile system. Simon Winchester wote extensively about the treatment of the inhabitants that were forcibly removed with no recompense. They were told they were going for medical checkups. They had british passports, but were treated as prisoners of war, were prevented from settling in britain, pretty shabby even for a british government.

 

[Vic]

I think it wasn't a case of giving it back, I think the lease ran out!

Indeed. Thatcher agreed to give HK back because of a legal agreement. Labour has agreed to allow people back after their illegal expulsion for geopolitical reasons.

Both are the right choice. The only people wrong here are the Tories and RW press wanting to perpetuate a crime against humanity.

 

[Vic]

"Why is it still in the news?" asks a news agency still asking questions about it.