Starmer’s Close Friend Entered Chagos Without Permission And Raised Mauritius Flag Over British Territory
If you’re following the twists and turns of Labour’s disastrous Chagos deal, you’re going to need to sit down for this one. Guido can reveal that in 2022 Starmer’s close friend and confidant Philippe Sands KC – who has acted as a paid legal adviser for Mauritius – entered British Indian Ocean Territory without UK permission and participated in the hoisting of the Mauritius flag over UK territory. What?
Sands tweeted (now deleted) from his personal account: “it’s morning on Chagos, where the flag of Mauritius flies, proving that the rule of law is not only a dream”. A record of the tweet remains in a propaganda video published by Chinese state owned China Daily – co-conspirators can draw their own conclusions from that…
An account of the landing, made contrary to the rules set by the UK Government for entry to Chagos, read:
“On Tuesday, Mauritius made good on a long-standing threat to Britain and sent a boatload of officials to visit the Chagos Archipelago without permission. This action has placed Britain, which administers the disputed island territory, in a very difficult position… accompanied by Mauritius’ legal adviser, British academic Professor Philippe Sands, as well as Mauritian government officials and Chagossians. British and American journalists have also joined the voyage to document the spectacle. The expedition intends to land at the remote Blenheim Reef, a partly submerged atoll approximately 230 kilometres north of Diego Garcia, the location of a large joint US–UK military base.”
With friends like this, Starmer’s rush to cede sovereignty to Mauritius begins to make more sense. With Powell in Washington and Lammy meeting Rubio, Labour is rapidly approaching the ‘find out’ stage of all this messing about…
