When blood was spilt in defence of the Falkland Islands, the issue of Sovereignty was settled. Any talk otherwise would be an absolute lack of respect and a kick in the teeth to those who were maimed and lost their lives in the conflict.
The Americans, Canadians, Indians, Australians, New Zealanders and Japanese are appalled by the prospect of the Chagos Islands being open to the Chinese - which they now are.
Any resolution has to ensure that China cannot come in any form. Despite some sections of Indian media making strange noises about this, Indian Government wants the base to stay there firmly and securely. These islands are closer to India than to Mauritius.
@@gbentley8176 'Not signed yet, see what the MP's say next week.' Alas, the new batch of labour MPs are little more than automata, who will say and do exactly what the Dear Leader requires of them. That is if my own MP is anything to go by.
@@JRMTZD Try telling that to the families that have lived there for generations and those that died in the war to keep them, and myself and many others. It's not embarrassing unless your one of those morons that are lefty give it all away and I am owed something for nothing..
It's absolutely astounding that our £150,000 per year so-called Prime Minister couldn't see that giving away ANY part of the British offshore territories would immediately re-trigger the Argentinian claim to the Falkland Islands and no doubt Spain will bring up their claim on Gibraltar yet again, notwithstanding the fact that in both territories the populace voted in referendum to remain under British sovereignty. Just how incontinently stupid does one have to be to become Prime Minister of the UK?
@@bobby9791 'The deal was already in progress, it’s been going on for years. Your team were going to do this anyway.' Acrually, no. The last government were involved in negotiations, certainly. This government simply handed the Chagos Islands over, and paid Mauritius to take them.
The Falkland Islands where British before Argentina even existed ..Are we going to Hand Jersey Gurnsey Sark and Alderney over to the Frence because they are closer?
No, it will be Gibraltar, followed by the Falklands, and then Northern Ireland will be handed to the EU under the lie of "unifying" the island of Ireland.
Phillip Sands KC who represented Mauritius at the International Court is a close friend of Starmer. They worked together for many years a Matrix Chambers. It isn't a done deal yet because it has to be approved by Parliament and you can guarantee that the House of Lords will block its ratification.
@@bobby9791 'What was the Tory plan then when they started negotiations?' Who knows? Negotiations about the future of the islands were progressing, until the current government simply suspended them and handed the islands over.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 yes the future of the islands, also the people who were forced to move. The American base can stay and people can repatriate. This was always going to be the outcome. Why do you have such a vested interest in these islands, which you probably never heard about until 3 days ago? I think it’s more to do with watching too much GB news and Talk Tv and wallowing in their disdain for Labour.
The (WEF) and the United Nations (UN) have a strategic partnership and coincidentally it was the UN who debated that resolution in 2019 about giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius... Starmer being their puppet and now the PM couldn't wait to please his masters even though it was not legally binding to do so.
Chagos Islands / Mauritius. The Falklands / Argentina. Gibraltar / Spain. Point of order - you can't 'give back' to those countries something they never owned in the first place.
If we were giving up sovereignty of the chagos islands to the chagos islanders that would be one thing but the chagos islanders haven't even been consulted as we have given their home away to another country.
The Chagossians are not indiginous islanders, these islands were never inhabited until the French used labour from Africa to settle there and produce coconuts etc for export.
@jeancollins2009 true the population were imported from Africa, Malay AND the Indian subcontinent however those whose ancestors were brought there and lived there for a couple of hundred years consider it their homeland and have been saying since they were removed 50-60 yrs ago that they want to go back. To instead hand them over to another country seems wrong. Under international law they are classed as being indigenous to those islands and so the principle of self determination should really apply rather than handing their home over to Mauritius without their consent. It just compounds the historical injustices they have already suffered in being removed from their homes.
@@stewarteldridge5498 The problem has always been that the population was too small and the islands too resource-poor to support a viable economy without external support. This problem was only exacerbated when the military base was constructed.
Yes but being a small population shouldn’t mean they don’t get the choice as to whether they stay a British overseas territory supported by us, join Mauritius, or any other option. To just unilaterally and permanently hand their home to someone else so they can never return without their consent seems to be compounding past wrongs.
Don't forget his mate Phillipps Sands, legal advisor to Mauritius, who he worked with at the Matrix Chambers, along with Cherie Bliar! The trough where his snout is has got deeper!🤬🙂🐽🐖
I find it highly amusing when I hear about the strategic importance, militarily, of The Falklands, Gibraltar and the Chagos Islands; I really do! Why? Because Britain no longer has the defence capability to man and defend them in the event of war! She'd have a damned hard time defending the Isles of Scilly! I would also wager that most TV hosts didn't even know where the Chagos Islands were; I had to do a google search!
@@mrechelon7051 Of Its strategic importance I have no doubt; hence all the fuss. But I stand by my 2 comments however, namely 1) Most people wouldn't have known where the Chagos Islands are, and 2) Britain doesn't have an effective army, navy or airforce to defend overseas territories. Military 'experts' have openly attested to the frightfully diminishing size of armed assets held by the UK.
When that guy says « they were dumped in Mauritius » did he just admit that crimes against humanity had taken place as they deported the whole population and dumped them in mauritius and seychelles ??
It was the French... In the 1700's when Mauritius was a French colony, all the islands were a dependency of the French administration in Mauritius. By the Treaty of Paris of 1814, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies to the United Kingdom 7 years after the UK's act of parliament that banned slavery. Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, and has since claimed the Chagos Archipelago as Mauritian territory even though the Chagos islands (an old French slave colony) are about 1300 miles northeast of Mauritius across the Indian ocean.
Mauritius referred to a UN law banning the breakup of colonial regions before the granting of independence. Mauritius and the Chagos islands, almost 2200km apart!!, were grouped together in one administrative area before Mauritius was granted independence in the late 1960s while the Chagos islands were retained by Britain. This was used by Mauritius in the negotiations with Britain. Morally they have no right to the Chagos islands whatsoever, they used a legal loophole.
The King should refuse to give the Royal assent to this, forcing a constitutional crisis. That would mean an election would be called and would provide an opportunity to show the government that it was no longer supported. A similar crisis occurred in 1910, although not provoked by the action of the King. This is about the only way of stopping the Chagos Islands from being handed over (to the Chinese, effectively).
Chagos and the Falklands are different because Mauritius went to the courts and won but Argentina won't take its case to court - presumably because it knows it doesn't have a case in law.
The politics of Liberal left wing apeasement politics tend to lead to conflict, history shows this time after time. You can only negotiate through strenth not weakness.
No, but it does have links to Scotland. I say the UK should reunite North and South Irland and forcefuly deport all English decendnets back, and at the same time Scotland should decolonise the lands that the Scotish tribes who originated in Northern Irland, to be returned to the Pictish and Caladonian decdndenats who were displaced. Meanwhile the English should go and return to the lands in Hannover and Sothern Jutland in Germany to refound the ancient lands of the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes, so the Cornish and Welsh can reocupy England and return there curent territioris to the Beaker bronze age peoples, whose lands they stole.
The war cost Britain about £2.8bn (£9.5bn in present value) and the islands’ defence costs upwards of £60m annually. In 2012 it was estimated that British taxpayers paid more than £20,000 per islander for defence alone, and approximately one-third of the population worked for the government. Pointless colonial hangover.
They have more freedoms in the Falklands than mainland UK ,Inc firearms rights , and the small police force there issue certificates on guns banned in the UK over the last 37 years .There's hardly any crime , homelessness there , and welfare .But in time the great Mr S would increase the pop and make it more like UK . The Argentine leader is anti socialist and has bought in freedoms his socialist counterpart had allowed to stay in place .So if they do allow it to go or there is a war UK would lose this time , if the islanders came back to the UK ,they would soon want to go back .
The (WEF) and the United Nations (UN) have a strategic partnership and coincidentally it was the UN who debated that resolution in 2019 about giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius... Starmer being their puppet and now PM couldn't wait to please his masters even though it was not legally binding to do so.
It's always been said Labour would hand the Falkland Isles to Argentina. When it started I went into work and people were asking why Argentina had invaded Scotland. Morons! Bill=B.N.P.
You are talking rather confidently Benedict but your subject knowledge is very poor. The UK cannot oppose an international court ruling ordering them to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The whole China thing is utter nonsense as well. Mauritius is a very strong ally of the US, France and India so this agreement works for everyone and ensures world peace & stability. It is a big loss for UK though.
"The UK cannot oppose an international court ruling ordering them to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.". Yes it can and it should have done if Mr Starmer had any sense whatsoever. Who do you think enforces these advisories? That's right, no-one. And should the UK agree with any International Court over this? No. Unless the UK wants to be seen as a very soft touch, emboldening our enemies. Or do you think the UK does not have any enemies?
A advisory opinion isn't a ruling against you. Its what the judge thinks, not what the law requires. Both the Conservative and Labour administrations did this, but both will be furiously pointing fingers at each other to confuse anyone who still listens to its shenanigans.
Britain handed over responsibility for the Indian Ocean to the US in the early 1970s when we gave them Diego Garcia and our naval base in Bahrain. We no longer have any real naval presence in the Indian Ocean. The idea that we will resurrect the empire and challenge China is delusional. We can't defend the UK properly. China is already a superpower and has a bigger navy than the US. For tax reasons, I have set up US-owned companies in Mauritius. It is full of French tourists and is part of the West. The US is better able to control Mauritius. They have the CIA and they encourage US companies to set up there. Diego Garcia is not a British problem, The British media class wants the UK to appear relevant on the world stage and that is a problem. I have lived in India and they believe the US base at Diego Garcia is a cause of regional friction. This is a problem for the US and not the UK I have US citizenship and the Americans would have bluntly told the UK if they had a problem with this.
Its full of French tourists because in the 1700's Mauritius was a French colony and ALL the islands were a dependency of the French administration in Mauritius - Maybe they wanted it back??? By the Treaty of Paris of 1814, - seven years after the UK parliament banned slavery, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies to the United Kingdom which back then also included the Seychelles. Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, and has since claimed the Chagos Archipelago as Mauritian territory even though the Chagos islands (an old French slave colony) are about 1300 miles northeast of Mauritius across the Indian ocean. As for bluntly telling the UK... I think you'll find they probably have done - but diplomatically behind closed doors.
@@deltafox9630 If the US was concerned about the prospect of the Chagos being ceded to Mauritius they could have used their not insignificant diplomatic muscle to help shore up the British position. This dispute between the UK and Mauritius over the Chagos has been going on for a significant number of years, plenty of time for the US to try and exert some influence on the outcome...notably they didn't.
Labour are putting dogma before logic and that is dangerous. They also want the title of "responsible" at almost any cost perhaps because of old labels which followed poor finance. Their attack on the elderly and poorer single council tax reduction is a cowardly act . I as do most people understand that there are richer pensioners that do not need the winter fuel payments but the cut off point will include the poorer of society and there would appear to be a rush to get policies through without thinking them through.
Many presenters appear slow witted as they can't seem to grasp the basic facts and possible consequences even when explained simply and clearly by Benedict Spence.
@@jean-marcgabriel8129 They accept Chinese investment but they are are strategic ally of India not China. They rebuffed an invitation to join the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, unlike most other African countries.
Well, the Falklanders have been asked and they disagree. Maybe because the first two are shallow reasons to join a country, and I doubt very much that the Falkland Islands has a 'woke' society.
I think that island is in the middle of the Indian Ocean. If u wanna keep a check on china then it would be better to build some capabilities with help of India, indonesia, Vietnam, australia etc
Hello 🤩👋 Cristo. 🤔 It doesn't matter how you prounce the name of the islands. The Americans and the UK still have a military presence on the island for the next 99 years. Talk TV is really starting to get on my tits. But you still make us giggle and we respect your freedom of speech and we keep watching, listening 🎧 and living for the giggles. Not political, never voted and never been a royalist or an 🐜 i royalist. Have a great evening. 😹
China doesn't need them as it has developed a footprint in the Maldives, Madagascar and Comoros. Furthermore, Mauritius has given India an island to construct a naval base and airstrip specifically to counter Chinese expansionism in the Indian Ocean.
🤣 Were these clowns 🤡 spouting this nonsense in 2022, when James Cleverly drew up the agreement? Of course not. 🙄 There’s nothing like a little bit of faux outrage from 2 posh clowns 🤡 is there? 🤣🤣
That’s just wrong. They were having discussions… and discussions (which they should never have entertained in the first place anyway) are not the same as actively working towards handing them over. It would never have lead to this.
Dont forget the Falklands has its own constitution and its own government. The uk is onlybresponsible for their defence and foreign affairs. Other than those two things the FI is totally self governing and self sufficient. Zero national debt and reserves of about 600m so, quite different to chagos islands
I feel sorry for Benedict for having to be the butt for Alex and Christo both thickos. Benedict tries to bring a bit of intelligent discussion. But the point is Imperialism is dead and these dependencies like falklands and Gibralter should be given back. For example all the Channel islands should be French and NI should be given back to the Irish.
It's impossible to give 'back' something that was never possessed by the putative recipient in the first place. You appear to have scant regard for democracy, since you want to ride roughshod over the rights of the inhabitants of said dependencies. If 'imperialism' is dead maybe the natives of former colonies and dependencies, residing in their former governing nations, should consider returning to their countries of origin.
@@marycaine8874 True. Thats when we were in Europe and had free movement. But now we'ere out, Fishermen on both sides have raised grievances. The thought has just come to me : if we hand over NI to The Republic we could then build up a Special Trade Relationship' with the Republic and that might guarantee a speedy entry back into Europe? That would solve all our Brexit woes. At a stroke!
Mr Thatcher had part ownership of the Company with oil exploration rights in the Falklands in the early 1980's. Thankfully his wife was running the UK. Job done.
When blood was spilt in defence of the Falkland Islands, the issue of Sovereignty was settled.
Any talk otherwise would be an absolute lack of respect and a kick in the teeth to those who were maimed and lost their lives in the conflict.
...and we were dumped with a massive output in £. We could have given each Falklander £1m each and still been quids in.
No wonder he removed Thatcher's portrait, The feeling of guilt, with her looking on, must have been overwhelming.
@@deklane3139 I don’t think he took it down, he just moved it and put it above the fireplace.
He is a psychopathic narcissist and does not feel guilt! 😢😢
Magerat Thatcher is the main cause of many of our problems now... she was the worse PM before Trus.
The Americans, Canadians, Indians, Australians, New Zealanders and Japanese are appalled by the prospect of the Chagos Islands being open to the Chinese - which they now are.
Not signed yet, see what the MP's say next week.
Any resolution has to ensure that China cannot come in any form. Despite some sections of Indian media making strange noises about this, Indian Government wants the base to stay there firmly and securely. These islands are closer to India than to Mauritius.
@@gbentley8176 'Not signed yet, see what the MP's say next week.'
Alas, the new batch of labour MPs are little more than automata, who will say and do exactly what the Dear Leader requires of them.
That is if my own MP is anything to go by.
@@gbentley8176 I hope so this can not happen
"Selling England by the pound"? the tories and labour have given away the UK, Klaus has such a strong grip on our politicians.
Excellent historical background from Benedict!!!
Starmer has no right to give away that which is British.
The Falklands isn't British, it's embarrassing.
@@JRMTZD Try telling that to the families that have lived there for generations and those that died in the war to keep them, and myself and many others. It's not embarrassing unless your one of those morons that are lefty give it all away and I am owed something for nothing..
@@JRMTZDI’ve met crack heads less high then you
@@JRMTZDthey are British, its inhabitants are British, they don't want to be anything else, that's it.
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec you could say the same for Hong Kong. You would be ok if Argentina owned the Isle of Wight
It's absolutely astounding that our £150,000 per year so-called Prime Minister couldn't see that giving away ANY part of the British offshore territories would immediately re-trigger the Argentinian claim to the Falkland Islands and no doubt Spain will bring up their claim on Gibraltar yet again, notwithstanding the fact that in both territories the populace voted in referendum to remain under British sovereignty. Just how incontinently stupid does one have to be to become Prime Minister of the UK?
Massive Mistake By Starmer.😡 UK🇬🇧 need's control of Chagos Islands for UK security…Should have been voted on..
The Tories started negotiations for the islands in 2022, this is the final part. Starmer didn’t manage to negotiate this in 3 months.
@@bobby9791 But they did not have to agree, they could have shut this down. No excuse.
@@crumpetsbuttered The deal was already in progress, it’s been going on for years.
Your team were going to do this anyway.
@@bobby9791 'The deal was already in progress, it’s been going on for years.
Your team were going to do this anyway.'
Acrually, no. The last government were involved in negotiations, certainly. This government simply handed the Chagos Islands over, and paid Mauritius to take them.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 Don’t be silly, you think something as complex as this was all done in the last 3 months.
The Falkland Islands where British before Argentina even existed ..Are we going to Hand Jersey Gurnsey Sark and Alderney over to the Frence because they are closer?
No, it will be Gibraltar, followed by the Falklands, and then Northern Ireland will be handed to the EU under the lie of "unifying" the island of Ireland.
Like Crimea is Russian with 3 to5 million Russians that have lived there for centuries and the UK trying to say they are not Russian
Starmer is a traitor.
Would it shock you if they did?
@@eyesopen7946 So why was it in Ukraine?? Unless you’re going to make the argument that Ukraine is Russia.
We didn't lose troops defending the Falklands. We lost troops getting it back from the Argentinians. If TTK gives it away, we'll NEVER get it back.
unless of course the british army defends its own people from the government- civil war
Now we know why Starmer was given all those lovely clothes.
International court of wokery,
Half wits? The entire starmer gang couldn't muster a single functioning neurone, ffs!
All politicians are thick AF, and all brits arrogant AF
Will he give more British territory the answer is obviously yes.
Fascinating information given, it was a good interview
Liebour are F'ing this country up 😡😡😡
They don't have much work to do
Why has Starmer done this, ? whats hois long game? should this not have been debated in the house of Commons and then the House of Lords?
Phillip Sands KC who represented Mauritius at the International Court is a close friend of Starmer. They worked together for many years a Matrix Chambers.
It isn't a done deal yet because it has to be approved by Parliament and you can guarantee that the House of Lords will block its ratification.
We didn't give them away, Just one man did!!
James cleverly started the negotiations in 2022, part of the Tory government, so not really one man.
@@bobby9791 Started negotiations, but didn't simply hand them over.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 What was the Tory plan then when they started negotiations? The end result was to hand them back.
@@bobby9791 'What was the Tory plan then when they started negotiations?' Who knows? Negotiations about the future of the islands were progressing, until the current government simply suspended them and handed the islands over.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 yes the future of the islands, also the people who were forced to move. The American base can stay and people can repatriate. This was always going to be the outcome. Why do you have such a vested interest in these islands, which you probably never heard about until 3 days ago? I think it’s more to do with watching too much GB news and Talk Tv and wallowing in their disdain for Labour.
Starmer once again hes a Danger to the UK
be fair starmer is also giveing the u k away to islamists
Was this Davos directive ? Starmers labour are their puppets.
The (WEF) and the United Nations (UN) have a strategic partnership and coincidentally it was the UN who debated that resolution in 2019 about giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius... Starmer being their puppet and now the PM couldn't wait to please his masters even though it was not legally binding to do so.
Chagos Islands / Mauritius. The Falklands / Argentina. Gibraltar / Spain.
Point of order - you can't 'give back' to those countries something they never owned in the first place.
No need your doing It yourselves . Brexit , presents like Chagos etc. Muchas Gracias que os aproveche.
@@Sandra-r1l It has nothing to do with Brexit!
@@marycaine8874You are now a third world country , enyoy what you voted for.
@@marycaine8874 It is another bad choice . Please carry on.
@@Sandra-r1l It wasn't a bad choice at all. The EU is dying on its backside, as recent election results indicate.
No UK territory is for the government to give away without the UK people consent. This government must be dragged to court for this.
Really now the Falklands, he has to go,
Starmer = Carlo in the Godfather, ran foul of Clemenza in the front seat.
Can this govenment get any more pathetic, giving islands back to people who never owned them in the first place, only Lamey and co could do this.
If we were giving up sovereignty of the chagos islands to the chagos islanders that would be one thing but the chagos islanders haven't even been consulted as we have given their home away to another country.
The Chagossians are not indiginous islanders, these islands were never inhabited until the French used labour from Africa to settle there and produce coconuts etc for export.
@jeancollins2009 true the population were imported from Africa, Malay AND the Indian subcontinent however those whose ancestors were brought there and lived there for a couple of hundred years consider it their homeland and have been saying since they were removed 50-60 yrs ago that they want to go back. To instead hand them over to another country seems wrong. Under international law they are classed as being indigenous to those islands and so the principle of self determination should really apply rather than handing their home over to Mauritius without their consent. It just compounds the historical injustices they have already suffered in being removed from their homes.
@@stewarteldridge5498 The problem has always been that the population was too small and the islands too resource-poor to support a viable economy without external support. This problem was only exacerbated when the military base was constructed.
Yes but being a small population shouldn’t mean they don’t get the choice as to whether they stay a British overseas territory supported by us, join Mauritius, or any other option. To just unilaterally and permanently hand their home to someone else so they can never return without their consent seems to be compounding past wrongs.
Complete sign of weakness. A government that exceeds only itself in stupidity. It seems that starmer is enjoying his power trip.
He will have nowhere to hide if he gives that away after all out Men and Women died and mained!
Cristo ( in my top 5 presenters) great job !
Has Lord Ali been there? He has been everywhere else. The plot thickens.
Don't forget his mate Phillipps Sands, legal advisor to Mauritius, who he worked with at the Matrix Chambers, along with Cherie Bliar! The trough where his snout is has got deeper!🤬🙂🐽🐖
The plot sickens!
World should be free of colonies.
Mauritius is building an empire.
Well, if you are currently residing in a Western country maybe you should consider returning to your country, or your parent's, country of origin.
These man and woman are of the legal society and are to profit that society first and foremost above all other society’s.
I find it highly amusing when I hear about the strategic importance, militarily, of The Falklands, Gibraltar and the Chagos Islands; I really do!
Why? Because Britain no longer has the defence capability to man and defend them in the event of war! She'd have a damned hard time defending the Isles of Scilly! I would also wager that most TV hosts didn't even know where the Chagos Islands were; I had to do a google search!
Diego Garcia is well known strategically..it doesn't matter if you have never heard of it ,it is a military base in a strategic place.
@@mrechelon7051 Of Its strategic importance I have no doubt; hence all the fuss. But I stand by my 2 comments however, namely 1) Most people wouldn't have known where the Chagos Islands are, and 2) Britain doesn't have an effective army, navy or airforce to defend overseas territories. Military 'experts' have openly attested to the frightfully diminishing size of armed assets held by the UK.
Is Gibraltar on the list? How long is the list?
Plus we have a civil service no longer working in the office.
Chances are Mr s will end up living on that island in a bunker
If i asked starmer for the island of england. would i get it?🤣
England is not a separate Island but joined to Wales and Scotland
@@eyesopen7946 sry my bad.. bit drunk :P
@@captainhidsight Enjoy :)
When that guy says « they were dumped in Mauritius » did he just admit that crimes against humanity had taken place as they deported the whole population and dumped them in mauritius and seychelles ??
Not something to be proud of. Not sure why the Chagos Islanders would want to British on account of that.
They got a choice, most wanted to come to Britain, he did say this!
So i suppose you want the U.K to pay reparations?
Sick and tired of this WOKERY 80llocks!
It was the French... In the 1700's when Mauritius was a French colony, all the islands were a dependency of the French administration in Mauritius.
By the Treaty of Paris of 1814, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies to the United Kingdom 7 years after the UK's act of parliament that banned slavery.
Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, and has since claimed the Chagos Archipelago as Mauritian territory even though the Chagos islands (an old French slave colony) are about 1300 miles northeast of Mauritius across the Indian ocean.
@@deltafox9630yes but UK get the blame for everything- tel me will spain give the canaries to africa? If distance is relevant
Mauritius referred to a UN law banning the breakup of colonial regions before the granting of independence.
Mauritius and the Chagos islands, almost 2200km apart!!, were grouped together in one administrative area before Mauritius was granted independence in the late 1960s while the Chagos islands were retained by Britain.
This was used by Mauritius in the negotiations with Britain.
Morally they have no right to the Chagos islands whatsoever, they used a legal loophole.
Well I prefer current Argentine pm to ours which is a reversal
I wish the labour party would go
Give the Highlands back
To Mauritius 🇲🇺?
Starmer is a classic example of a politician that is beholden to an ideology that does not have the best interests of his country in mind.
This could create further tensions in the region - that's how wars start.
maybe that's what they want.
We didn't give them away, we paid them to take them off our hands
That court is nothing but a joke
The King should refuse to give the Royal assent to this, forcing a constitutional crisis. That would mean an election would be called and would provide an opportunity to show the government that it was no longer supported. A similar crisis occurred in 1910, although not provoked by the action of the King. This is about the only way of stopping the Chagos Islands from being handed over (to the Chinese, effectively).
One shouldn’t rule in stupidity until corruption is ruled out
Starmer: Lord of the Flies.
BYD Recall 97.000 cars because of fire risk.
While the British government keeps importing these dangerous vehicles!
Complete 🐂 💩 these cars have been recalled in China a completely different market to Europe and the United Kingdom
And Gibraltar......time to give them up, because in the past, the UK had the EU backing.
Chagos and the Falklands are different because Mauritius went to the courts and won but Argentina won't take its case to court - presumably because it knows it doesn't have a case in law.
The politics of Liberal left wing apeasement politics tend to lead to conflict, history shows this time after time. You can only negotiate through strenth not weakness.
Does Ireland have links to China?
No, but it does have links to Scotland. I say the UK should reunite North and South Irland and forcefuly deport all English decendnets back, and at the same time Scotland should decolonise the lands that the Scotish tribes who originated in Northern Irland, to be returned to the Pictish and Caladonian decdndenats who were displaced. Meanwhile the English should go and return to the lands in Hannover and Sothern Jutland in Germany to refound the ancient lands of the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes, so the Cornish and Welsh can reocupy England and return there curent territioris to the Beaker bronze age peoples, whose lands they stole.
China are everywhere especially universities, tik tok and temu have set up in Ireland also
@@imbonkers3629 Fair point.
we all have links to China because is the industrial hub of the globe much like Russia is the resources for modern living
The war cost Britain about £2.8bn (£9.5bn in present value) and the islands’ defence costs upwards of £60m annually. In 2012 it was estimated that British taxpayers paid more than £20,000 per islander for defence alone, and approximately one-third of the population worked for the government.
Pointless colonial hangover.
Falklands is not up for debate its BRITISH 😊
Im an Earthling it would make more sense to give me the Falklands than Argentina. They'll say all sorts.
They have more freedoms in the Falklands than mainland UK ,Inc firearms rights , and the small police force there issue certificates on guns banned in the UK over the last 37 years .There's hardly any crime , homelessness there , and welfare .But in time the great Mr S would increase the pop and make it more like UK .
The Argentine leader is anti socialist and has bought in freedoms his socialist counterpart had allowed to stay in place .So if they do allow it to go or there is a war UK would lose this time , if the islanders came back to the UK ,they would soon want to go back .
Should residents of the Isle of Wight be concerned?
The (WEF) and the United Nations (UN) have a strategic partnership and coincidentally it was the UN who debated that resolution in 2019 about giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius... Starmer being their puppet and now PM couldn't wait to please his masters even though it was not legally binding to do so.
They have already done it 😂😂😂😂
Who's controlling and or bribing Britain,.. Lord Ali, Islamic extremists, European Court...
Great advertisement to join the services and possible give your life defending our protectorates .
It's always been said Labour would hand the Falkland Isles to Argentina.
When it started I went into work and people were asking why Argentina had invaded Scotland.
Morons!
Bill=B.N.P.
You are talking rather confidently Benedict but your subject knowledge is very poor. The UK cannot oppose an international court ruling ordering them to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The whole China thing is utter nonsense as well. Mauritius is a very strong ally of the US, France and India so this agreement works for everyone and ensures world peace & stability. It is a big loss for UK though.
"The UK cannot oppose an international court ruling ordering them to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.". Yes it can and it should have done if Mr Starmer had any sense whatsoever. Who do you think enforces these advisories? That's right, no-one. And should the UK agree with any International Court over this? No. Unless the UK wants to be seen as a very soft touch, emboldening our enemies. Or do you think the UK does not have any enemies?
The ICJ did not make a ruling ordering the hand over it gave an advisory opinion which can be ignored.
A advisory opinion isn't a ruling against you. Its what the judge thinks, not what the law requires.
Both the Conservative and Labour administrations did this, but both will be furiously pointing fingers at each other to confuse anyone who still listens to its shenanigans.
Good, what the heck are the UK doing there anyway?
Is it part of Commonweath, was RF consulted?
Britain handed over responsibility for the Indian Ocean to the US in the early 1970s when we gave them Diego Garcia and our naval base in Bahrain. We no longer have any real naval presence in the Indian Ocean. The idea that we will resurrect the empire and challenge China is delusional. We can't defend the UK properly. China is already a superpower and has a bigger navy than the US. For tax reasons, I have set up US-owned companies in Mauritius. It is full of French tourists and is part of the West. The US is better able to control Mauritius. They have the CIA and they encourage US companies to set up there. Diego Garcia is not a British problem, The British media class wants the UK to appear relevant on the world stage and that is a problem. I have lived in India and they believe the US base at Diego Garcia is a cause of regional friction. This is a problem for the US and not the UK I have US citizenship and the Americans would have bluntly told the UK if they had a problem with this.
Its full of French tourists because in the 1700's Mauritius was a French colony and ALL the islands were a dependency of the French administration in Mauritius - Maybe they wanted it back???
By the Treaty of Paris of 1814, - seven years after the UK parliament banned slavery, France ceded Mauritius and its dependencies to the United Kingdom which back then also included the Seychelles.
Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, and has since claimed the Chagos Archipelago as Mauritian territory even though the Chagos islands (an old French slave colony) are about 1300 miles northeast of Mauritius across the Indian ocean. As for bluntly telling the UK... I think you'll find they probably have done - but diplomatically behind closed doors.
@@deltafox9630 If the US was concerned about the prospect of the Chagos being ceded to Mauritius they could have used their not insignificant diplomatic muscle to help shore up the British position. This dispute between the UK and Mauritius over the Chagos has been going on for a significant number of years, plenty of time for the US to try and exert some influence on the outcome...notably they didn't.
Labour are putting dogma before logic and that is dangerous. They also want the title of "responsible" at almost any cost perhaps because of old labels which followed poor finance. Their attack on the elderly and poorer single council tax reduction is a cowardly act . I as do most people understand that there are richer pensioners that do not need the winter fuel payments but the cut off point will include the poorer of society and there would appear to be a rush to get policies through without thinking them through.
Thick as mince. Not halfwits.
Give Gibraltar back as well or pay rent.
Many presenters appear slow witted as they can't seem to grasp the basic facts and possible consequences even when explained simply and clearly by Benedict Spence.
I think Falkland island is also some 8-9000 km away from England
Do those African countries receive financial aid from Britain?
Benedict Spence is talking out his ass. Mauritius has close ties to India, not China.
Both the Chinese built the air port.
@@jean-marcgabriel8129 They accept Chinese investment but they are are strategic ally of India not China. They rebuffed an invitation to join the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, unlike most other African countries.
@@garyyoung3179 Yes they are closer to India even the population are majority Hindu.
Looks like Stammer is Tony B Liar MK2, and look at the damage B Liar did, and wasn't B Liar a lawyer as well ?
Halfwits deriding halfwits
The falklands are not up for transfer they want to stay with uk , cagos didn’t they want to go home.
Annother reason not to vote tory!
Cronyism on steroids is what it is.
Right now it’s better to be Argentinian thand british. Good wine, beautiful women, and no woke society.
Shame about inflation and the economy 😊
Also 95% white European stock. Its more white than Britain.
There are millions of beautiful British women! Watch what you say!
Well, the Falklanders have been asked and they disagree. Maybe because the first two are shallow reasons to join a country, and I doubt very much that the Falkland Islands has a 'woke' society.
Uk is poor inflaction and economy😂@@imbonkers3629
I think that island is in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
If u wanna keep a check on china then it would be better to build some capabilities with help of India, indonesia, Vietnam, australia etc
Please Benedict, use miles not km!
Another moniker for Starmer, 'no idea keir'...
Hello 🤩👋 Cristo. 🤔 It doesn't matter how you prounce the name of the islands. The Americans and the UK still have a military presence on the island for the next 99 years. Talk TV is really starting to get on my tits. But you still make us giggle and we respect your freedom of speech and we keep watching, listening 🎧 and living for the giggles. Not political, never voted and never been a royalist or an 🐜 i royalist. Have a great evening. 😹
Breaking news: The USA are handing over Hawaii to Japan.
Half-wits? Half would be a massive over-estimation.
Not up for debate
Treason
China thanks you very much for the Chagos and Diego Garcia. 😅
China doesn't need them as it has developed a footprint in the Maldives, Madagascar and Comoros. Furthermore, Mauritius has given India an island to construct a naval base and airstrip specifically to counter Chinese expansionism in the Indian Ocean.
Never vote liblabcon
🤣 Were these clowns 🤡 spouting this nonsense in 2022, when James Cleverly drew up the agreement? Of course not. 🙄 There’s nothing like a little bit of faux outrage from 2 posh clowns 🤡 is there? 🤣🤣
Tories was working on this handover deal
That’s just wrong.
They were having discussions… and discussions (which they should never have entertained in the first place anyway) are not the same as actively working towards handing them over. It would never have lead to this.
Now give back the bloody Marbles :)
Dont forget the Falklands has its own constitution and its own government. The uk is onlybresponsible for their defence and foreign affairs. Other than those two things the FI is totally self governing and self sufficient. Zero national debt and reserves of about 600m so, quite different to chagos islands
Yes its not your land give it back to who it belong to.
It didn't belong to anybody! Don't you listen?
I feel sorry for Benedict for having to be the butt for Alex and Christo both thickos.
Benedict tries to bring a bit of intelligent discussion.
But the point is Imperialism is dead and these dependencies like falklands and Gibralter should be given back.
For example all the Channel islands should be French and NI should be given back to the Irish.
Does that mean we can have the Faroe Islands?
It's impossible to give 'back' something that was never possessed by the putative recipient in the first place.
You appear to have scant regard for democracy, since you want to ride roughshod over the rights of the inhabitants of said dependencies.
If 'imperialism' is dead maybe the natives of former colonies and dependencies, residing in their former governing nations, should consider returning to their countries of origin.
@@rewdwarf123 Youre welkcome to them
There's no dispute over the Channel Islands.
@@marycaine8874 True. Thats when we were in Europe and had free movement. But now we'ere out, Fishermen on both sides have raised grievances.
The thought has just come to me : if we hand over NI to The Republic we could then build up a Special Trade Relationship' with the Republic and that might guarantee a speedy entry back into Europe? That would solve all our Brexit woes. At a stroke!
It's sinple land is not yours.
You would be better off taking English lessons.
There was a little war over it because of oil, which was not widely known at the time.
Don't worry the Falklanders will drill for the oil .
Mr Thatcher had part ownership of the Company with oil exploration rights in the Falklands in the early 1980's. Thankfully his wife was running the UK. Job done.
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I guess we should be thankful for Israel supplying Argentina with weapons during the conflict as well?