Health secretary hails talks over defence, security and trade as Badenoch says her party will continue to oppose Chagos deal
Prisoners may have to earn their freedom through “good behaviour credits” rather than be automatically released after a set period as part of an overhaul being considered by the government, Aletha Adu reports.
Reform UK also received a credibility blow from what President Trump said last night. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader who boasts about his close friendship with Trump, has for weeks now been repeatedly saying that members of the Trump administration are deeply concerned about the Chagos Islands deal. “I have been contacted by very senior officials and advisers from the incoming Republican administration, and every single one of them is appalled at this deal,” he told MPs in December. But now it is looking as if his inside knowledge of what the Trump team really think is not as reliable as he implied.
The Chagos Islands deal is disgustingly rotten to the core. It does NOT serve the British taxpayer. It’s about human rights lawyers abusing their power to indulge their fantasies.
It’s a betrayal.
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