Tory plan to help Trump block Chagos handover...
Nov 16, 2024 19:14:03 GMT
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 16, 2024 19:14:03 GMT
Peers plot to delay transfer of islands by forcing the Government to hold a referendum of Chagossians living in the UK
Tory peers are planning to delay the handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to allow Donald Trump to block the controversial deal.
Sir Keir Starmer’s government has agreed a draft treaty that would hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after years of demands for them to be “returned”.
Opponents of the plan, including allies of the president-elect, say giving up the British overseas territory could give China greater influence in the region, threatening the security of a US airbase.
The deal between the UK and Mauritius was supported by Joe Biden’s administration, but Mr Trump’s team has since started looking for ways to scrap it.
The Telegraph can reveal that a group of Lords, led by the former Foreign Office minister Lord Bellingham, is planning to help Mr Trump by forcing the Government to hold a referendum of Chagossians in the UK on the deal before it can take effect.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/15/revealed-tory-plan-to-help-trump-block-chagos-handover/
There are plenty of reasons to criticise the upper chamber, but on this occasion we should be cheering them, well Tory Lords anyway, from the rooftops. Well done Lord Bellingham. I sincerely hope he is successeful.
Tory peers are planning to delay the handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to allow Donald Trump to block the controversial deal.
Sir Keir Starmer’s government has agreed a draft treaty that would hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after years of demands for them to be “returned”.
Opponents of the plan, including allies of the president-elect, say giving up the British overseas territory could give China greater influence in the region, threatening the security of a US airbase.
The deal between the UK and Mauritius was supported by Joe Biden’s administration, but Mr Trump’s team has since started looking for ways to scrap it.
The Telegraph can reveal that a group of Lords, led by the former Foreign Office minister Lord Bellingham, is planning to help Mr Trump by forcing the Government to hold a referendum of Chagossians in the UK on the deal before it can take effect.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/15/revealed-tory-plan-to-help-trump-block-chagos-handover/
There are plenty of reasons to criticise the upper chamber, but on this occasion we should be cheering them, well Tory Lords anyway, from the rooftops. Well done Lord Bellingham. I sincerely hope he is successeful.
