Leon

There was never any such thing as “Mauritius” until the imperial era. The island was uninhabited. So there was no “Mauritius” for Diego Garcia to “belong to”. And Diego Garcia is about 300,000 miles … (View Post)

Can’t say what the fuss is about Aira Force. It’s a bloody trickle down a hill Maybe I’ve been spoiled - having flown in helicopters over Victoria Falls. And also over the famous calls of the Kimberl… (View Post)

Also, why the fuck is anyone defending Starmer on this It’s a terrible deal. Everyone agrees it’s a terrible deal. From Labour MPs to the economist to the FT to the chagossians themselves It’s a terr… (View Post)

SHOW ME THE MONEY At a time the government is pleading total poverty, it finds hundreds of millions a year to pay a faraway country so that they can take what is already ours That’s the breakdown. Ev… (View Post)

Every time the government says “sorry we can’t afford that” people will say “yet you can afford to give a foreign power £150 million a year for TAKING OUR PROPERTY” There’s no way around that for Lab… (View Post)