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#2951 Yesterday 21:54:19
- kbd512
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- Registered: 2015-01-02
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Re: Politics
Calliban and Terraformer,
What the heck is going on over there?
I'm worried about you guys.
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#2952 Today 05:16:42
- SpaceNut
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- From: New Hampshire
- Registered: 2004-07-22
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Re: Politics
The sun has set on the United Kingdom for the first time in 200 years. Keir Starmer gave away our islands and a large sum of money, in return for which Mauritious will give us nothing at all. Worst deal in the history of deals, maybe ever.
We're still in twilight though, I believe. Night has not yet fallen. And Diego Garcia is under a lease now (which the next government should void, along with all the payments, and make it clear to Mauritious they aren't having our island) so it's still administered by us. We're holding on by a very thin thread, a very thin thread.
Perhaps, at least, we can finally bury the Yookay and let Albion return...
What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands
It is sort of like many of the small islands of the Pacific claimed in colonial times that Natives were pushed off from during the world war II.
While it seems that a gradual release of control back to the native peoples for the future it is important so is the need to keep world peace.
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#2953 Today 16:27:43
- Terraformer
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- From: The Fortunate Isles
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Re: Politics
They haven't given it to the Chagos Islanders, they've given it to a completely unrelated country on the spurious notion that being grouped together for administrative reasons by an imperial power one time means they belong to that country.
Use what is abundant and build to last
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