General British politics discussion thread

Hearing rumours that Starmer has delayed the legislation for the handing ovehotge Chagos islands on hold, another day another u-turn.

Apparently the UK has told America it can't use its UK bases to launch attacks on Iran, no wonder donny is having a hissy

I would normally be a big critic of Starmer's but if it's true he has told Trump to "do one", he would deserve a lot credit for it.

because britain's occupation of it and split of it from moritious was and is illegal.
but they also want to keep the military base there so they can pretend they are still a billy big military super power.

they can retain their british citizenship as long as britain is agreeable to it, which quite frankly they have an obligation to be so given britain stole their homeland.
however the territory cannot remain an over seas british teritory as it's not british in the first place but is illegally occupied.
so the options are it goes to moritious which international law says it has to, or it goes to the chagotian government in exile with a deal with them to keep the military base, and allow the right of return which is legally required.

The claim from Mauritius was scrutinised by international courts and found to be valid, in what way are you saying their claim is invalid?

The UK government accepted the icjs decision so I think that is powerful endorsement of that decision. I haven't heard a persuasive argument anywhere that this decision isn't valid.

there is a connection, the islands were administered from moritious both before and during colonisation.
it is illegal for a colonial power to split off territory from a colony which is gaining it's independance, therefore britain has no claim to the islands and therefore the islands are illegally occupied.
the chagotian people are being ignored yes, by not being allowed to return to their homeland and to rule themselves, but unfortunately moritious has a legitimate claim under international law to be the ruler.
but the people can still be allowed to return and that must be facilitated as per international legal obligations.
the deal is a good deal for everyone bar the islanders and in reality even if moritious doesn't care about them, they do care more then the british empirial power does.
britain is not a real military super power anymore and is just running on air and pretending it is while it's country goes down the toilet so it does not need over seas bases and territories anymore.
america doesn't need the base either but it still gets to use it so it has no complaint.
the islands have to go, as do the malvinas and gibraltar ETC.

The UN, Uk and icj seemed to agree with this argument. On the other side only appears to be the Tories and Trump. And I guess random posters on the Internet.

The UN , ICJ, and UK were perhaps trying to come up with a dispassionate decision on a complex issue. I can see that you dont give much truck to their decision as it doesnt agree with yours.

That is a ridiculous comparison as Ireland was inhabited when colonised. You have already admitted that Chagos was uninhabited and belonged to no one when colonised.

none of that matters, the moritian connection has been shown to be just and legal.
correct, the malvinas and gibraltar ETC are not british.