Starmer's Chagos Grift Now a UN Matter

Spectator Australia · Steerpike · Sunday 12 April 2026

Starmer's Chagos Grift Now a UN Matter

The Chagos Islands deal continues to unravel as Starmer is referred to the UN over allegations of crimes against humanity, adding an international legal dimension to an already politically toxic sovereignty handover.

Starmer handed sovereign territory to a country that'll lease it back to the Americans, got referred to the UN for the trouble, and somehow managed to make both the giving and the keeping look criminal. Talleyrand sold Louisiana once. Starmer's found a way to sell the Chagos twice — once as diplomacy, once as evidence.

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