Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[Josquius]

I have to say I do have a lot of sympathy for the Chagosians in this. Handing over their islands to another completely unrelated group of people just because they happen to be closer?
Given how few the Chagosians are I wonder why an agreement can't be reached where they're allowed independence and the rent money for the base goes right to them.

[Sheilbh]

I have to say I do have a lot of sympathy for the Chagosians in this. Handing over their islands to another completely unrelated group of people just because they happen to be closer?
Given how few the Chagosians are I wonder why an agreement can't be reached where they're allowed independence and the rent money for the base goes right to them.

Legally it's correct. Philippe Sands the barrister who represented the Mauritian government on this - and has written excellent books on this, explains the legal point really well. His book The Last Colony is excellent on this.

But I think he absolutely speaks to some Chagosians but I think doesn't quite realise the extent to which the Mauritian and Chagosian view is not necessarily aligned.