Absolutely. That has always been my position. Indeed I would like them to make that decision sooner rather tha later but they seem to be in no rush to do so. (View Post)

A lot of the Chagossians have been working with the British Government administering the MPA. I suspect they can see all their long years of hard work going down the plughole, particularly if Mauriti… (View Post)

My main sadness about this is it will mean the end of British Indian Ocean Territory stamps. :( Actually more seriously, my only real worry about this is what it will mean for the Marine Protection A… (View Post)

Simple belief in democracy. The Chagos Islanders did not want to be part of the UK so we are right to withdraw. The Falkland Islanders very much want to remain part of the UK so we should continue to… (View Post)

I have not looked at the detaila yet. I just saw the headline and immediately popped over here to see what was being said. But in principle I think we should give the islands back to the Chagosians. … (View Post)