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The John Batchelor Show

UK: Starmer's "Little Britain" and the Chagos. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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UK: Starmer's "Little Britain" and the Chagos. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

1706 MAURITIUS

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the vast part of the world that will be in contest for the next century at least. We go to a

0:46.6

headline in London. We want to stay British. The Chagos Islander sold out by Starmer

0:52.4

Subhead. The Prime Minister says the UK Mauritius Agreement will

0:56.3

quote address the wrongs of the past. Many Chagosians aren't so sure.

1:01.1

Gregory Coppley, editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs, a member of the Commonwealth,

1:07.0

he's an Australian native, and he speaks very convincingly of the wonder that was the British Empire and with

1:16.1

the Chagos gone it is no longer accurate to say the Sun never sets. Why did

1:21.5

this happen where was the right the wrongs of the past? Where was that

1:26.8

dialogue? I missed it entirely. Gregory, this is a puzzle. When I saw the

1:31.6

headline I thought what? I've got to look this up. I know where the Mauritius are I don't know where Chagos is.

1:37.3

However, it was British and the Islanders at least some of them are saying we want to stay British.

1:44.0

Why did the new Prime Minister, Kirstarma, with his overwhelming majority, decide to do this now in his first hundred days?

1:52.0

What did he get for it? Thank you. Well,

1:56.1

Sukiestama may not be British Prime Minister for much longer if the pressure

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