Kel Mansfield

Keir Starmer was part of a group of British human-rights-lawyer friends including Philippe Sands and Richard Hermer, who discovered it was possible to use international court rulings to override UK law, to advance their careers and left-wing political agendas. Starmer has used dubious international non-binding law opinions to justify his Chagos giveaway. Here's just one look behind Starmer's legal-argument curtain. lexpress.mu/s/article/4217…

Yes, Mr Starmer is so anxious he's clutching his pearls! Why? Because there are just 54 days until the utterly fraudulent, underhanded and totally unnecessary Chagos Surrender Bill dies a death on 12th May when current session of Parliament ends. Can't come soon enough!!

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It violates the Constitution. In the 24th amendment our Voting is a Right. It specifically states to not have a poll tax or OTHER tax (fees) needed to exercise our Right. The moment you demand paperwork to get a license to vote, you have breeched the OTHER part of the Law. We have had at least three amendments to Our Constitution, which took 3/4 of the States support, to ensure limits and controls are not placed on our Voting.

So let me get this straight... In the past 48 hours, Democrats have voted: a) NOT to deport illegals who hurt animals b) NOT to deport illegals who fraudulently steal money from taxpayers c) NOT to secure American elections from illegals WHAT?!!!!!

Opening up the Chagos seabed to mining and fishing will be an ecological disaster. China's industrial fishing fleet comprises over 500,000 vessels and accounts for 44% of global fishing activity, with significant implications for ecosystems and international fisheries. Fishing or mining, the 64,000 square-mile Chagos Archipelago, and its precious marine protection zone, will be devasted if Starmer's deal goes through. lexpress.mu/s/article/4217…

@tedkel @RobertMidgley07 Aren't those specific minerals extremely important to the biosphere they are within? Is this the spot where the "life rocks" live? Didn't they discover that when they are removed, that part of the seabed becomes basically sterile? 👀

Three major Chagos Islands updates you’ll want to know about: • US Senator Kennedy has introduce a Bill to obtain powers over any Chagos deals • New research shows how China plans to divide Indian Ocean after the handover • Mauritian government is close to collapse 🧵👇

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Paul Bérenger, who was prime minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005, is the only person not to be a member of either the Jugnauth or Ramgoolam families to hold that position since the country's independence in 1968. Pravind Jugnauth and Navin Ramgoolam, were the Mauritius prime ministers that negotiated the Chagos deal with Keir Starrmer, after Starmer became the UK's prime minister in 2024. In 2015, Navin Ramgoolam was arrested on money laundering charges when very large amounts of foreign currencies, boxes of luxury watches, and blank British visas were found in his home. In 2025, Pravind Jugnauth was arrested on similar charges after a police raid on his home.

Mauritius Government Collapsing as Chagos Deal Demise Blows Hole in Budget order-order.com/2026/03/17/mau…

1979, Jonathan Powell joins the FCO. 1995, Powell becomes Chief of Staff to Opposition Leader Tony Blair. 1997, following Labour's election victory, Powell is given the role of Downing Street Chief of Staff, a new position with the power to issue orders to civil servants, which was unprecedented for a political appointee. 2007, Powell joins Morgan Stanley as a full-time senior managing director of its investment banking division. 2011, Powell founds the NGO/charity Inter Mediate with Martin Griffiths, to work on armed conflicts around the world. FCO provides funds for Inter Mediate, so Powell is once again on the government payroll. 2024, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appoints Powell as a special envoy to resolve the Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute. In October 2024, Powell in an interview with Times Radio about Chagos says, "These are very tiny islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean where no one actually goes.” “I don't think we should be too worried about losing" the Chagos Islands." In the interview, Powell fails to mention the 64,000 square-mile Chagos marine protection, or the potentially enormous mineral wealth in its seabed, which Mauritius gets complete ownership of in Starmer's deal. x.com/clarescastle/s…

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Excerpt from Hansard June 2025: "In 🏮December 2023🏮, when my noble friend Lord Cameron was Foreign Secretary, talks on this matter were put on hold after it was concluded that this would 🏮not be a deal in which British national interests would be served🏮. "Indeed, my noble friend Lord Cameron told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at the time: “We face a very insecure and dangerous world and there is a need to maintain our security and strengthen our alliances to protect ourselves, and we should think of Diego Garcia in that context”.

@tedkel @ABridgen Nonsense. It was James Cleverley who decided to accede to the international court judgement of 2019. See link politicsuk.com/news/the-chago…

Surely Starmer is deliberately leaving our sovereign bases unprotected ? So just like the Chagos islands and Gibraltar he can have an excuse to give them away to another country ( with the potential for huge corrupt payments ). Is this treason ?

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@LukeElderTV Miserable + lack of a sense of humour = An Observer observer.

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@mick88828 Mauritius is reported to have had an £8.3 million Chagos war chest just for legal expenses.

@tedkel how much have they all made from this illegal deal ££££ ?

Keir Starmer deceived the British public about his intention to give Chagos to Mauritius by failing to reveal it during the 2024 General Election. The Labour manifesto promised to protect the British Overseas Territories. There was zero about Chagos, or its 64,000 square-miles pristine maritime protection zone, in the manifesto. However, giving Chagos to Mauritius was a top priority for Keir Starmer, and it took him less than 3 months to agree a deal with Mauritius after he became UK prime minister in 2024. Starmer had discussed giving Chagos to Mauritius with its prime minister, Navin Ramggolam, on a visit to that country in 2013 before he even became an MP. Starmer is a "great mate" of Philippe Sands KC, who was Mauritius's official Chagos counsel from 2010 until December 2024. Sands, who boasts about humiliating the UK in international courts, is an expert in using international courts to override national interests, to further his employers' objectives. Sands set out to obtain rulings to put pressure on the UK government to accede to Mauritius's demands to be given the Chagos Archipelago. Philippe Sands. Keir Starmer, and his Attorney General, Lord Hermer, have know each other for decades. They have all worked internationally as lawyers. Starmer was so hell-bent on pushing through his Chagos deal he made the hugely controversial appointments of Lord Hermer as his AG, Jonathan Powell as his NSA, and Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador. Why is Starmer prepared to bet everything on giving away Chagos? The only logical answer must be, because he has to.

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I am disgusted by it but not surprised @AllisonPearson That is exactly why my husband, Vahid Beheshti, began his campaign and hunger strike outside the FCDO three years ago. In our view, the real reason the UK has still not proscribed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) lies within the culture of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Too many officials appear sympathetic to, or of minded Iranian regime supporters and here is the evidence. It is disgraceful but it’s the reality we face the civil servants in FCDO are not publicly accountable. Governments change, but the same officials and culture remain in place and continue shaping policy. The questions about why decisive action against the IRGC continues to be delayed.

The deal was negotiated and agreed by Labour. Did you miss this👇part of Diana Harding's reply? Excerpt from Hansard June 2025: "In December 2023, when my noble friend Lord Cameron was Foreign Secretary, talks on this matter were put on hold after it was concluded that this would not be a deal in which British national interests would be served. "Indeed, my noble friend Lord Cameron told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at the time: “We face a very insecure and dangerous world and there is a need to maintain our security and strengthen our alliances to protect ourselves, and we should think of Diego Garcia in that context”.

@tedkel I said the previous tory government was already negotiating the deal, which as you say, is true

Project Chagos began officially in 2003 wen Mauritius officially appointed the leading international lawyer Sir Ian Brownlie as advisor. Brownlie was a long-time friend of Sir Satcam Boolell, a former deputy prime minister, and High Commissioner of Mauritius to the United Kingdom 1996 to 2001. Satcam Boolell's son, Satyajit Boolell was DPP when Starmer visited Mauritius in 2013 and held talks with prime minister Ramgoolam about the future of Chagos. Starmer's close friend, Philippe Sands, was appointed counsel on Chagos after Brownlie was killed in a car accident in Egypt in 2010. Here is some more important information from Diana Harding @DianaHarding7 Discussions between Mauritius & FCDO happened as far back as 2009 when Labour was in power. The subject kept being put on the too difficult pile, only to resurface under the brief Truss tenure as she had naively been persuaded to have another look when attending a UN gathering, hence the Cleverley meetings which were heavily pushed by FCDO. Then when Cameron replaced Cleverley as Foreign Secretary, a stop was put to further discussions. Excerpt from Hansard June 2025: "...in December 2023, when my noble friend Lord Cameron was Foreign Secretary, talks on this matter were put on hold after it was concluded that this would not be a deal in which British national interests would be served. Indeed, my noble friend Lord Cameron told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at the time: “We face a very insecure and dangerous world and there is a need to maintain our security and strengthen our alliances to protect ourselves, and we should think of Diego Garcia in that context”. It really wasn't started under the Tories. If you look at earlier posts by @tedkel

@tedkel The previous tory government was already negotiating the deal when he became PM

@DianaHarding7 @Matt25324024 @smeemartin Excellent post, Diana.

It really wasn't started under the Tories. If you look at earlier posts by @tedkel discussions between Mauritius & FCDO happened as far back as 2009 when Labour was in power. The subject kept being put on the too difficult pile, only to resurface under the brief Truss tenure as she had naively been persuaded to have another look when attending a UN gathering, hence the Cleverley meetings which were heavily pushed by FCDO. Then when Cameron replaced Cleverley as Foreign Secretary, a stop was put to further discussions. Excerpt from Hansard June 2025: "...in December 2023, when my noble friend Lord Cameron was Foreign Secretary, talks on this matter were put on hold after it was concluded that this would not be a deal in which British national interests would be served. Indeed, my noble friend Lord Cameron told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee at the time: “We face a very insecure and dangerous world and there is a need to maintain our security and strengthen our alliances to protect ourselves, and we should think of Diego Garcia in that context”.

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@tedkel No, that's not the only logical answer. He may stand to gain financially from the deal.

Project Chagos actually began under the Blair/Brown government in 2003 when Mautirius hired the top international barrister Ian Brownlie as its advisor. Brownlie lead a delegation from Mauritius at the Foreign Office in 2009. Satyajit Boolell the Mauritius DPP, who invited Starmer to Mauritius in 2013 for talks about the future of Chagos with PM Ramgoolam, was on the 2009 delegation, and wrote afterwards that Brownlie said, "By the look on the faces of the chaps at the FO, that's my knighthood gone." However, Brownlie was knighted later the same year. When Brownlie died in a car crash in Egypt in 2010, Philippe Sands, a close friend of Starmer's, was appointed as counsel to Mauritius.

@tedkel @lorraine_teuten You not very bright are you. Ask @JamesCleverly who started the deal?

Project Chagos actually began under the Blair/Brown government in 2003 when Mautirius hired the top international barrister Ian Brownlie as its advisor. Brownlie lead a delegation from Mauritius at the Foreign Office in 2009. Satyajit Boolell the Mauritius DPP, who invited Starmer to Mauritius in 2013 for talks about the future of Chagos with PM Ramgoolam, was on the 2009 delegation, and wrote afterwards that Brownlie said, "By the look on the faces of the chaps at the FO, that's my knighthood gone." However, Brownlie was knighted later the same year. When Brownlie died in a car crash in Egypt in 2010, Philippe Sands, a close friend of Starmer's, was appointed as counsel to Mauritius.

@tedkel Thr tories had already negotiated it so why would it be in the labour manifesto dopey