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Reform and Tories clash over Chagos Bill

The Daily Telegraph 16 Jan 2026
A war of words has broken out between the Conservatives and Reform after Tory peers failed to block the Government’s Chagos deal in the upper chamber ... Chagos Islands, Mauritius, Keir Starmer, Conservative Party, Reform UK, House of Lords.
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Labour’s Chaos Comes From Left-Wing Logic

The Daily Sceptic 16 Jan 2026
Chagos IslandsKeir StarmerLabourLeft-wingLeft-wing dogmaMass immigrationPhilosophy.
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Chagos islanders demand reparations from Starmer

The Daily Telegraph 13 Jan 2026
Chagos islanders are seeking reparations from the UK over Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give away their homeland ... Sir Keir’s deal effectively commits Britain to handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and paying out £30bn over 99 years Credit.
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Lords hit back at Chagos deal – again

The Spectator 12 Jan 2026
When David Lammy announced that the Chagos Islands were to be handed over to Mauritius, it was greeted as the moment when the sun finally set on the British Empire ... Chagos sell-out in the Upper House.
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Lords issue rare rebuke over Chagos Islands deal

AOL 12 Jan 2026
The House of Lords has issued a rare rebuke of the Chagos Islands deal ... Peers across the political spectrum expressed opposition to the Chagos Bill, including former Labour MP Baroness Hoey, who ...
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Starmer’s ‘shameful’ Chagos Islands deal rebuked by House of Lords

The Daily Telegraph 12 Jan 2026
The House of Lords has issued a rare rebuke of the Chagos Islands deal ... Recommended President Trump should sink Keir Starmer's Chagos surrender deal Read more ... Chagos Islands, House of Lords, Keir Starmer, Mauritius, Priti Patel, Indian ocean.
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Chagos Islands: UK deal with Mauritius protested by islanders

BBC News 11 Jan 2026
The UK has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a military base. .
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Chagos islanders tell Donald Trump they could name an ISLAND after him if he blocks ...

The Daily Mail 09 Jan 2026
The islanders' First Minister Misley Mandarin warns that the 'very bad deal' would 'put at risk' the strategically important UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia ....
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Starmer ‘misled public’ by suggesting OBR backed Chagos costs

The Daily Telegraph 09 Jan 2026
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of misleading the public by implying his disputed Chagos costings were backed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) ... Daniel Hannan The Chagos deal reveals this poisonous truth about modern Britain Read more.
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Huge blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Chagos Islands deal hammered by Lords

London Evening Standard 06 Jan 2026
Controversial deal suffers series of defeats at the hands of peers ... .
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Chagos deal suffers 'humiliating' defeats as government loses four votes

AOL 06 Jan 2026
Sir Keir Starmer has suffered four "humiliating" defeats in parliament over plans to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... UN committee 'deeply concerned' by Chagos deal.
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President Trump should sink Keir Starmer’s Chagos surrender deal

The Daily Telegraph 06 Jan 2026
The Territory includes the Chagos Archipelago, which is the home of the strategically vital US-UK military base of Diego Garcia ... American interests in the Indo-Pacific will be directly impacted if the Chagos deal moves forward.
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Britain still has a chance to escape Starmer’s debasing Chagos deal

The Spectator 06 Jan 2026
The government’s latest difficulties in the House of Lords over plans to surrender the Chagos islands is another humiliation for Keir Starmer, but it is also one last opportunity to avert a historic mistake.
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House of Lords Slams the Brakes on Starmer's Chagos Island Deal

Hot Air 06 Jan 2026
In May, the sneaky pants had inked a contract to hand over a nearby chain of British-owned islands, the Chagos, to the corrupt, fledgling autocracy of the Mauritius Islands ... Mauritius is 2000km from the Chagos islands.
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