UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius — NEWS ONLY —

Its pretty clear Starmer usurped control over the UK. Foreign influencers need to be shut off.
 
"It has emerged", under what rock has the Torygraph been hiding? They haven't looked at the list of ICJ judges who sat on that case in 2018-19 until now, 2025 - 6 years later - and only just now have noticed one of them was Chinese... top quality scoop reporting there!
Her Wikipedia page since 2013 has consistently mentioned that she was Director General Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so again, not exactly not exactly Woodstein is it?

Are we to believe that the other 13 judges present had no say in the decision? The only dissenting judge was - shock - an American (Joan Donoghue - who made the South Africa Vs Israel interim ruling last January).

The African Union and 29 other nations filed written statements and the African Union and 22 nations participated in the oral proceedings. But somehow it's all a dastardly CCP plot?
China (and Russia and South Korea) declined to participate in the oral proceedings. China's written statement is 15 pages of legalese which boils down to the bland final paragraph:
China hereby reiterates its principled position of firmly supporting the process of decolonization. At the same time, China encourages and
calls upon States concerned to act in good faith, and seek appropriate solution to relevant issues through negotiation or any other peaceful means agreed to by both parties.
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So they didn't even present any evidence to sway the court one way or the other.
China even abstained from previously voting in the General Assembly on the issue, seeing it as a bilateral issue between Mauritius and the UK.
 
Reported as too political in the meantime, as GTX‘ admonition has been more or less ignored, I think, we‘ll make this thread a „NEWS ONLY“ one.
To those still not familiar with that measure, it means, that news from media can still be posted via link, or maybe as written excerpt with the source given (perhaps useful for paywalled sources), but without any comment, please!
 
Grey Havoc said:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Politics latest news: Starmer refuses to say if Chagos deal will be funded from defence budget

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say whether the deal to give away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius would be funded from the Ministry of Defence’s budget.
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Lammy: If Trump doesn’t like Chagos deal, it’s off

While Biden was happy to accept terms, it ‘will not go forward’ without the new president’s assent
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Judge who signed Chagos ruling calls for UK to pay £18 trillion in slavery reparations

Patrick Robinson, who ruled against Britain maintaining control of the islands, says sum is ‘underestimation’ of damage caused
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Grey Havoc said:
An unexpected twist.
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Not entirely surprising:
Hood said:
The US lease deal with the UK was due to expire in 2036 (20 year extension to the original 50 year deal), so the new 99 year lease brings a very handy bonus to the US - which is why they are pretty happy about the outcome, a far better deal than the UK was offering. Would you rather have another 20 year extension or 99 years?
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Problem with that is that that the PRC is likely instead to end up with the base, and the US and the UK with serious egg on their faces.
 

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