Britain’s socialist Labour Government continues to make a fool of itself on the world stage. Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister’s national security adviser, is set to race to Washington in a desperate and humiliating attempt to save the ghastly Chagos Islands deal,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to finalise a political agreement that hands Mauritius sovereignty of the Chagos Islands while securing a 99-year lease on the base for Britain and its U.S. ally. The agreement still needs to be ratified by both sides and,

Mauritius' new prime minister said he has asked for an independent review of a deal with the United Kingdom over the future of the Chagos Islands. Under the agreement, which has still to be signed, the UK would relinquish sovereignty over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease over Diego Garcia,