Keir Starmer was hammered over 'surrender' on the Chagos Islands during PMQs clashes. Sir Keir insisted there was a need for 'legal certainty' over the status of the military base on Diego Garcia - saying the deal was needed for 'national security'.
Keir Starmer was hammered over 'surrender' on the Chagos Islands today during bad-tempered PMQs clashes.
After the Commons clashes, No10 said the Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam's boasts about the deal were 'factually inaccurate' and designed for a 'domestic audience'. Fingers are being pointed at Sir Keir himself and his close friend Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, who is said to have been involved in talks.
Answering questions in the Mauritian National Assembly yesterday, Navin Ramgoolam said Sir Keir had discussed the prospect of a deal with him in a telephone conversation on Friday. 'The point of a negotiation is not to get any deal but to get a good deal, and if you do not get a good deal, then you should walk away from the table, as we did,' Mr Cleverly said.The PM's spokesman said: 'There was some reporting on this yesterday in relation to the Mauritian prime minister.'His summary of the deal was clearly aimed at a domestic political audience, but it was factually inaccurate.
And he said Sir Keir wanted to 'push ahead' with a deal that would including giving Mauritius a veto on extending a proposed 99-year lease on the strategically important Diego Garcia airbase used by the United States. Mr Ramgoolam told the National Assembly: 'President Trump is not a wolf. Let him see if the agreement is good or not.
The statement confirmed that following the renegotiation under Mr Ramgoolam 'the parties had agreed on an improved agreement on mutually acceptable terms'. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, an ally of the US president, told MPs the future of Diego Garcia has not been 'high on their agenda' in the early days of the new administration.
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