CCP Operative & Coward, Keir Starmer Giving Away the Chagos Islands

CCP Operative & Coward, Keir Starmer Giving Away the Chagos Islands

Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green

Let me be absolutely clear: the greatest strategic threat we face today is China. It is acting in open defiance of international law, militarising vital sea lanes, threatening its neighbours and preparing for blockades that would choke global trade. The Chagos Islands sit at the heart of those east–west trade routes. At a moment when China is rapidly building a navy that will soon rival the United States, this Labour Government has chosen to give up one of our most critical strategic assets. That is not realism, it is recklessness. Handing Chagos to Mauritius, a country with close ties to Beijing, weakens our security and that of our allies. Worse still, Mauritius has made clear it will not allow nuclear weapons on the islands. Once sovereignty is transferred, that restriction applies in full. The Government’s ambiguity on this point is dangerous. The treaty is rushed, badly drafted and ignores the binding UK–US agreement that requires Chagos to remain under British sovereignty. You cannot quietly trade away a strategic base and hope no one notices. Let me also be clear about the human cost. What was done to the Chagossians in the past was wrong, morally wrong, and we must own that. But this treaty does not put them first. I would rather do a direct deal with the Chagossians themselves: allow them to return, restore their rights, and compensate them properly under continued UK control. If we allow this surrender to go through, we will look back and know that we gave away control of one of the most critical places on earth at the very moment the free world could least afford it.

UK reopens Chagos Islands talks with US following Trump criticism of deal

 January 28, 2026

Talks between the U.K. and the U.S. over the future of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean have reportedly reopened after President Donald Trump’s comments cast doubt over an agreement that would see Britain hand sovereignty of the strategically vital archipelago to Mauritius.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Wednesday that the U.K. had reopened discussions after the president had panned the deal and branded it an “act of great stupidity,” GB News reported.

“Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” Trump had posted on Truth Social. “There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.”

He added: “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.”

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The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius during Britain’s decolonization process, a move the International Court of Justice ruled unlawful in 2019. 

The U.K. later agreed to transfer sovereignty while leasing Diego Garcia back for at least 99 years at a cost of at least $160 million annually.

Diego Garcia is a hub for long-range bombers, logistics and power projection across the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific and Africa. 

Around 2,500 military and civilian personnel, mostly American, are stationed there. The base serves as a critical operation point for the U.S. and plays a central role in intelligence gathering and securing military communications.

Speaking aboard a flight to China, Starmer said he had “discussed Chagos with Donald Trump a number of times,” but declined to confirm whether the issue had been raised during a phone call between the two leaders on Sunday, The Financial Times reported.

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Starmer also said the matter “has been raised with the White House at the tail end of last week, over the weekend and into the early part of this week.”

Starmer also added that when the Trump administration took office, the U.K. paused the agreement for three months to allow the U.S. time to assess the deal at the agency level.

“Once they’d done that, they were very clear in the pronouncements about the fact that they supported the deal, and there were announcements made,” he said.

A Downing Street spokesperson also confirmed London was working to “allay any concerns” in Washington, according to GB News.

“We will continue to engage with the U.S. on this important matter and the importance of the deal to secure U.S. and U.K. interests and allay any concerns, as we’ve done throughout the process,” the spokesperson said.

Trump’s comments on the Chagos deal had been welcomed by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who wrote on X: “Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos islands.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Downing Street for comment.