The last hope for the Chagos Islands: Calum Drysdale

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The government is attempting to seal its giveaway of the Chagos Islands: a crucial archipelago in the Indian Ocean that was uninhabited when the Portuguese found them, but to which Mauritius – thousands of miles away – has made a specious claim. Extraordinarily, the British government is trying to indulge that claim – and to pay billions to continue to use the island that hosts a military base.

The public has still not been given a satisfactory explanation for the giveaway, but the prime minister and the attorney general are thought to be of the view that Britain should obey a non-binding judgment by a partisan international court. That court is stacked with enemies of Britain... but the wallet inspector must be obeyed!

Starmer and co are inches away from sealing the giveaway. But they reckoned without a ruddy young Anglofurist...

Our very own Calum Drysdale!

Calum and Lord Kempsell are together launching a judicial review into the putative giveaway. As news breaks of the judicial review, Tom and Calum discuss:

The history of the Chagos Islands
The bizarre logic of the government
Britain's slender hopes of keeping the islands

HMG now has 14 days to respond to Calum and Lord Kempsell.

Co-presenters: Tom Ough and Calum Drysdale

Producer: Æron Laffere

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