makingrain@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 22 days agoStarmer pulls Chagos bill after Trump backlashwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoI never thought handing them over to Mauritius was the right thing. Using them as a naval base is also messed up but that wasn’t going anywhere. So I see this a positive thing, but the optics for Starmer couldn’t be worse. It makes him look like Trumps lapdog.
I never thought handing them over to Mauritius was the right thing. Using them as a naval base is also messed up but that wasn’t going anywhere.
So I see this a positive thing, but the optics for Starmer couldn’t be worse. It makes him look like Trumps lapdog.