Labour Offers Mauritius £18 Billion After Hermer Intervenes in Chagos Surrender
Downing Street did not at this afternoon’s Lobby briefing deny that Starmer is now offering £18 billion to the Mauritians in order to hand over the Chagos Islands, nor that British control over the lease has been weakened. It’s for the Mauritian PM to tell his MPs while the UK remains completely in the dark as far as Labour is concerned…
UK Attorney General Richard Hermer met with the Mauritian Attorney General Gavin Glover on 16 January. They were accompanied by Overseas Territories minister Stephen Doughty. Hermer incidentally worked along with Chagos’ longtime chief legal counsel on the deal Philippe Sands at Matrix Chambers. The pair have signed multiple public letters together as part of legal campaigns – the latest was as recently as 2023. They worked together there for ten years – after Hermer moved from Keir Starmer’s Doughty Street Chambers in 2012. As Guido revealed Sands and Starmer have close links – Sands even campaigned for Starmer during his leadership campaign…
The latest desperate giveaway comes after Hermer got involved – the last joint statement was released by Mauritius and the UK four days after the two AGs met, on 20 January. The chums are determined to get the surrender through…
The deal still sits with Trump’s team after Starmer gave up on pushing it through before the inauguration. They are mulling a variety of options including buying Diego Garcia off the Mauritians. Which would be a tragicomic result as far as the UK is concerned…
