Prime Minister Starmer transfers Chagos Islands but retains military base control. The PM asked about his decision to hand over UK colony Chagos Island, to which he replied: 'We had to ensure we had a secure US-UK joint military base.'
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is under pressure to call an emergency debate tomorrow on Labour ’s surrender of the Chagos Islands after Nigel Farage complained that the ‘damaging capitulation’ occurred while MPs were away from Westminster.
Diplomatic sources claim that the Prime Minister’s humiliating handover of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius was rushed through before a potential Trump victory next month Meanwhile, Mr Farage – in a letter sent this weekend to Foreign Secretary David Lammy and copied to Sir Lindsay – has demanded a debate on the Chagos deal.
Mr Farage will also submit an Urgent Question on Monday concerning the protection of British sovereignty around the world. The British base, which is leased to the US Navy, is home to 1,700 military personnel and includes port facilities, an airstrip, a support structure for submarine fleets, a sophisticated radar centre and US Space Operations Command.
A diplomatic source said: ‘This was all rushed through shamelessly because Lammy was worried that if Trump wins he will throw a spanner in the works. This is not good for our relations with the Republicans.’ ‘Starmer needs to come out and issue a strong statement that the Falkland Islands are non-negotiable.’
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