Andrea Jenkyns<\/strong> has called Tory leadership candidate James Cleverly \u201cstupid\u201d for opening up the negotiations in 2022.<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”d1582b9a-a0b3-4455-b959-1bc95efd60b9″},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”<\/p>\n
Britain formally took possession of the Chagos Islands and nearby Mauritius from France in 1814, and between 1967 and 1973 the entire population of the Chagos Islands were forced to leave their homes by the British. The expulsion of the Chagossians was found to have been unlawful by the UK high court in 2000.<\/p>\n
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A couple of my colleagues have also made observations about the Chagos Islands<\/strong> deal. Political editor Pippa Crerar<\/strong> has said it is descending into a blame game for the Conservative party. She posted to social media:<\/p>\n“,”elementId”:”aab7fb2e-d431-408c-b9f9-382f9c3eb0c4″},{“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.BlockquoteBlockElement”,”html”:”<\/p>\n
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Chagos Island deal has descended into huge political blame game \u2026<\/p>\n
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There were 13 rounds of talks with Mauritius, 11 of which took place under the Tory governmentt who started process.<\/p>\n
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So far, Tom Tugendhat has blamed James Cleverly who has blamed Liz Truss who has blamed Boris Johnson, who now says agreement is \u201ccompletely wrong\u201d to do.<\/p>\n
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Labour claims they had no choice but to sign deal because of legal mess left behind.<\/p>\n
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