Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has weighed in on Labour’s surrender of the Chagos Islands, branding the move “total nonsense”.
Speaking to GB News, Johnson slammed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, claiming the Labour Government are “trying to look like the good guys”.
Johnson told host Camilla Tominey: “It’s crazy. I urge viewers of GB News to get out your maps, get out your atlases, check out the Chagos Islands, see where they are, and see where Mauritius is.
“It’s nonsense. It’s total nonsense. Why are we doing this? Sheer political correctness, a desire to look like the good guys. The desire to look as they were unbundling the last relics of our empire. It’s nonsense.
“It’s a bad idea in hard geopolitical terms because the base in Diego Garcia is, I’m sure you know, for all our viewers know, is of huge strategic importance for the US, for the West. And it’s a key component of the Anglo-American alliance. It’s one of the things we bring to the table, and has been for decades that base.
“Why are we trading away our sovereignty over Chagos? Completely the wrong thing to do.”
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH BORIS JOHNSON ON THE CAMILLA TOMINEY SHOW – SUNDAY OCTOBER 6 FROM 9.30AM, ONLY ON GB NEWS.