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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Stripped of its usual European support because of Brexit, how is Britain faring on the global stage? Well, today, the UN ruled that it must give up its rule of the Chagos Islands.
Looks like one country is taking back control. Mauritius.
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-02-25/...-court-orders/ |
Sorry .... whatthewhatnow? This issue has been ongoing for years, and that isn’t the first international panel to rule that the UK acted unlawfully in evicting the inhabitants. It was the cynical act of a colonial power in retreat and I suspect we would have rectified it ourselves years ago were it not for the inconvenient fact that we sub-let part of it to the Americans, who have built a massive strategic base on it.
Seriously, I’ve heard some pretty desperate attempts to blame everything on Brexit but this one really is a crowning turd.