Government Admits Lammy Only Met Once With Chagossians And Only on Day of Deal – Guido Fawkes

EXC: Government Admits Lammy Only Met Once With Chagossians And Only on Day of Deal

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Throughout the process of surrendering the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius multiple concerns were raised by those opposed to the ‘deal’ – including the dire security implications, enormous cost to the taxpayer, and the government’s handling of the whole ordeal. It’s Labour’s Suez…

Even more scandalous was Labour’s treatment of the views of the Chagossians themselves. Guido can now reveal the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, only had one meeting with Chagossian groups since becoming Foreign Secretary – and it was on 22 May, the day the deal was signed. When it was too late to make a difference…

Lammy previously said the government ‘sought to keep the Chagossians informed along the way’. In the debate following the announcement of the handover agreement last October, he also told MPs it was ‘hard’ to get ‘one view’. The government repeatedly gaslit, suggesting it was taking Chagossian views into consideration, but in reality hadn’t even met them…