‘Borderline treason!’ Donald Trump urged to BLOCK Starmer’s Chagos deal by ex-Tory MP ahead of key meeting
US President Donald Trump has been urged to “block” Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal, as the two world leaders prepare to meet for the first time since Trump’s inauguration.
The proposed agreement, which would see Britain hand over the island territory to Mauritius, has caused widespread controversy on all political sides.
During a debate in the House of Commons, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage suggested that instead of giving away the islands to a “corrupt” nation, Starmer should instead “sell Chagos to America” for “billions”.
Farage told MPs: “I would rather see America have the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands than a corrupt Mauritius. If we’re going to give this up, let’s sell.
“Let’s get a few billion quid for the Chagos Islands. Mauritius has no legal basis, no legal claim. I want us to keep sovereignty, but if you’re prepared to give away this country’s interests, sell it to America. Don’t give it away to corrupt Mauritius.”
Discussing the deal on GB News, former Conservative MP Alexander Stafford expressed hope that the US leader would stop Starmer’s deal in its tracks, as the decision is “borderline treason”.
Stafford told host Martin Daubney: “It’s not a crazy idea – the crazy idea is to give away a free country and being charged £16billion. The question is, when does Keir Starmer, the party, come into treason?
“They’re giving away a country against the people’s wishes to a foreign hostile power. In my mind, that’s unforgivable, and that’s borderline treason.”
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Noting that the negotiations regarding the Chagos Islands “began years ago” with the Conservatives, Stafford highlighted that the Tories made the decision to “end negotiations”, before they were kickstarted again by Labour.
Stafford explained: “The negotiations began years ago, but the deal we’ve got on the table about paying £16billion to a hostile nation is happening right now.
“I don’t know what negotiations were, but they stopped negotiations. They clearly went and talked to the Mauritians, but then they stopped the negotiations. Clearly they didn’t like what was going on.”
Delivering a scathing verdict on the deal, Stafford concluded: “This is a completely bad deal, a scary deal, and we should be walking as far away from this possible. And I hope Donald Trump scuppers this deal.”
Weighing in on the Chagos deal, former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has said he would have been “cautious” about handing the Islands to Mauritius.
Hoon told GB News: “I would have been very cautious about changing the status of the Chagos Islands because of my time as Defence Secretary. We used Chagos, as did the Americans.
“And I think before any decision is taken, it’s important to have the support, consent, and agreement of the United States. I assume this will be one of the issues that the Prime Minister will be discussing with the US President.”
He added: “It’s of vital interest to the United States to have a base. I know the agreement that has been reached preserves the base for 99 years.
“But at the same time, I’d want to be confident, if I was still Defence Secretary, that the US was fully behind this, and that means the new administration, not simply the previous one.”