The Last Colony by Philippe Sands review - Britain's Chagos Islands shame

Aug 14, 2022 View Original Article
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"In 2019, as a result of the hearings involving Elysé's testimony, the judges at The Hague stated that the UK is under ...an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible, and that all member states must cooperate with the United Nations to complete the decolonisation of Mauritius."
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"Except, except... perhaps an exasperated, emotional Biden unintentionally hit on the best idea when he concluded his Warsaw speech with an ad lib about Putin, addressed to Russians as much as anyone else."
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10% Conservative
"The west's strategic aims in Ukraine - to repulse Russia's invasion, restore national sovereignty and score a victory for global democracy over the forces of darkness - were clearly set out by US president Joe Biden in Warsaw in March and subsequently endorsed by UK and European leaders."
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8% Conservative
"The US pledged another $1bn in military aid last week, taking its total under Biden to $9.8bn."
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8% Conservative
"But Biden's cautious determination to avoid head-on confrontation at all costs means that while Russia may not ultimately win, it is unlikely to definitively lose."
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-24% Liberal
"Biden framed the war as part of a universal struggle between good and evil."
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-26% Liberal
"It may be too late now, though Biden is not solely to blame."
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-28% Liberal
"Biden's right."
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-28% Liberal
"Chaelling Biden that same month, Boris Johnson portentously pronounced that Vladimir Putin's act of aggression must fail and be seen to fail."
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51% : In 2019, as a result of the hearings involving Elysé's testimony, the judges at The Hague stated that the UK is under "...an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible, and that all member states must cooperate with the United Nations to complete the decolonisation of Mauritius".

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