Posted on 01/23/2026 1:49:36 PM PST by DFG
Sir Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender the Chagos Islands on Friday night.
Just days after Donald Trump blasted the UK for 'an act of great stupidity' in signing the strategically important archipelago away, Labour withdrew the legislation from a planned debate in the House of Lords on Monday.
While sources claimed the process was simply being delayed, critics warned that without US support it was effectively dead.
Conservative peer Daniel Hannan said: 'We have secured a breathing space. It is now up to Trump and the people around him. If the President sticks to what he said this week, the deal is off.
'If he allows himself to be talked around by the State Department's permanent officials, it will come back.
'It is, I admit, a humiliating thing for Britain that the final decision should be in the hands of our American allies. We ought to have put a stop to the whole business ourselves.
'Still, for the first time in 14 months I am starting to think we might win.'
If the sale is dropped, it would be the 15th U-turn of Sir Keir's time in office.
Last year, Sir Keir signed an agreement with Mauritius - an ally of China - in which Britain would cede sovereignty but have to pay billions of pounds to lease back the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Indian Ocean islands.
Despite the White House signing off the sale during the presidency of Mr Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, there was hope among critics that Mr Trump would scupper it in his second term.
David Lammy, who was then foreign secretary, even said there would be no deal without Mr Trump's support.
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Bully away, President Trump!
Otherwise, we will have to bomb Britain…
Sir Keir Starmer pulled his deal to surrender the Chagos Islands on Friday night.
Would offend muslims ? LOL
Giving the islands to the Chinese Communist Party instead ?
Here lately. Keir Starmer acts as though U.S. President Donald Trump is the actual Prime Minister of England.
It’s remarkable to see how quickly Starmer tends to give up his power of office when the stakes are high.
He’s very open to suggestion from any source.
In the new “multi-polar world”, countries like China and Russia just take what they want, while western leaders (except Trump) want to follow a “rules based order”, where tiny, weak countries like Chagos can override great powers like the USA.
“It is, I admit, a humiliating thing for Britain that the final decision should be in the hands of our American allies. We ought to have put a stop to the whole business ourselves.”
The humiliation is that Starmer doesn’t have his own B-2s on a Brit airfield there. [wanker]
Our base there is of critical importance. Britain is giving it away for really no reason at all to a country that has no claim to it. A country that is playing footsie with China.
So if Britain wants to give it away, they can give it to us. Trump should simply annex it.
And Starmer should be charged with treason for even considering giving it away.
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