UK signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands

>Party leader Kemi Badenoch said that "surrendering" the Chagos Islands to Mauritius "is an act of national self-harm".

>"It leaves us more exposed to China, and ignores the will of the Chagossian people. And we're paying billions to do so," she said.

>Reform UK leader Nigel Farage echoed those comments, accusing Sir Keir of caring more about foreign courts "than Britain's national interest".

Honestly the deal is absurd. What claim can Mauritius have over an island 1300 miles away? Just because it fell under the same colonial authority?

But most egregious of all is the fact that this deal ignores the interests of the citizens of Chagos themselves.