chagos islands

The guilty men: the ideologues who undermine Britain

31 January 2026 9:00 am

When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, Tony Blair was in melancholic mood. The newly elected prime…

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The fight over the future of the Chagos Islands

25 January 2026 5:00 pm

Westminster, London Donald Trump might be determined to acquire more US land – here in Britain, however, our leaders are…

Let Trump buy the Chagos Islands

15 February 2025 9:00 am

Forgive me for returning in this column to Diego Garcia. The issue is too important to shrug aside: important not…

How to solve a problem like the Chagos Islands

1 February 2025 9:00 am

Very soon – as soon as the mutual courtesies now being exchanged between the new American President and his British…

The folly of Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal

18 January 2025 9:00 am

It would be natural to assume that sinking bond markets would be the government’s priority this week, as low UK…

Press barred from grilling Starmer’s Chagos chum

12 January 2025 10:06 pm

There are just eight days to go until Donald Trump takes office. So the question much of Whitehall is asking…

Does Keir Starmer have a soul?

12 October 2024 9:00 am

One of the main arguments against hereditary peerages is that talent and ability are not always passed down across generations.…

Who works as a bouncer or security guard?

12 October 2024 9:00 am

Farewell, Chagos The government announced that it would hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. There are 13 other…

Meeting the Chagos islanders of Crawley

12 October 2024 9:00 am

Departing Gatwick train station, with nine minutes till Crawley, I tried to get in the head of a Chagossian. In…

A shameful betrayal

10 September 2022 9:00 am

Philippe Sands’s compelling new book opens in 2018 at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where Liseby Elysé…