Yeah that seems right but for all the reasons you cite he seems like their best bet. I can't see the public taking to Jenrick, who just comes over like a bit of a bad egg. Badenoch is too abrasi… (View Post)

I sat a couple of seats along from a guy wearing a smart watch during a recent visit to the theatre. In the darkened auditorium the permanently illuminated display was lit up like a Christmas tree. T… (View Post)

This line about Mauritius never owning the Chagos Islands strikes me as a little bit ahistorical. Mauritius didn't exist as a sovereign entity until it was granted independence in the 1960s. Pri… (View Post)

Currently there are no Chagossians living in the Chagos Islands. There is zero probability of the Islands ever being a self sufficient self governing territory. Hopefully the Mauritians can help thos… (View Post)

Congratulations to the government for doing the right thing on the Chagos Islands, bringing to a close one of the more shameful periods in our recent colonial history. I see that the Tory party is ma… (View Post)