O/T Labours cunning plan - again !!

[KerrAvon]

[QUOTE=Yak;40711052]

The days of Empire are over, Yak.

The UK's conduct in respect of The Chagos Isles has been an embarrassment for years and has damaged our international reputation. I'm glad that Starmer concluded the negotiations started by the Tories.[/

You are 100% wrong Kerr. My background has given me an opportunity greater than yours on this subject.
I?m still involved in situations which have and will be affected by this deal.
I?m cant get into details. You are 1 million % wrong that?s all I?m willing to say.

I'm sure that there's a lot of secret squirrel stuff going on there. That's probably why a 99 year lease was agreed.

That has no bearing upon the ownership of the islands, however. And they aren't British.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

[QUOTE=KerrAvon;40711068]

I'm sure that there's a lot of secret squirrel stuff going on there. That's probably why a 99 year lease was agreed.

That has no bearing upon the ownership of the islands, however. And they aren't British.

The importance of the deal is to maintain an American military presence at the military base of Diego Garcia

[Brin]

[QUOTE=Grist_To_The_Mill;40711159]

The importance of the deal is to maintain an American military presence at the military base of Diego Garcia

....and it don't come cheap so who is actually picking up this astronomical annual bill of an absolute eye watering price of
101 MILLION pounds per year? If the yanks want it then let them pay for it but we the working class tax payer will never know who is footing this bill.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9914ndy82po