Holy SMOKES!!!
This is so delicious, I hardly know where to start.
Well…okay.
Ear-to-ear grin firmly in place, lemme ‘splain what just happened in a case I’ve been following for two years.
When last we saw dour Keir Starmer, the squeamish, double-dealing British Prime Minister of accumulating infamy, he had first denied permission for the United States to use our joint base on the Chagos Archipelago island of Diego Garcia, and then quickly tapdanced that back as the United States president blasted him (and his Chagos Island giveaway to the corrupt government of Mauritius, which is also rapidly becoming a Chinese proxy). Not to mention, those with knowledge of the treaties signed between Great Britain and the US pointed out that nowhere was it required that the US request ‘permission,’ only that they do the courtesy of a heads-up that they’d be in town for business.
So suck a stone, Starmer.
Adding to the milquetoast PM’s discomfiture was the fact that a few of the displaced Chagossians themselves, long discarded by the Starmer regime as nobodies in the dispute over their homeland, had, unbeknownst to anyone, paddled on out to the islands and set up camp, reclaiming their if not ancestral home, their traditional one.
Starmer was incensed, of course – how dare they – and sent a harshly worded letter off to the beachdwellers demanding they remove themselves immediately or face removal via some sort of British naval action.
This had quite the opposite effect in England than the PM had hoped. Snickering British citizens noted that the man could hardly keep little rubber boats full of African migrants from France from landing by the score every single day of the week, and yet he was going to launch a removal effort for British citizens – which Chagossians are – on an island they had every right to claim some thousands of miles out in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
It was all too ludicrous to even believe.
And yet, here was Starmer again, huffing and puffing in impotent and indignant rage at a native people who were British citizens to boot, who had been pretty shabbily treated long before the whole Mauritius sell-out exercise.
Salt in the wound-wise, the Chagossian First Minister, a feisty fellow named Misley Mandarin, had immediately planted his flag on the beach and declared himself a good friend of the United States if only we’d have him.
🇮🇴WATCH: Chagossian First Minister Misley Mandarin has – from the new settlement on the Chagos archipelago – given Donald Trump formal permission to strike Iran from Diego Garcia.
He says: “We, the people of the Chagos Islands, give our blessing for the United States to use the… pic.twitter.com/3eKdeoVuZx
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) February 23, 2026
…If the United States decides that action is needed to defend international order, then as the elected Government of these islands, we give our permission for the use of Diego Garcia in defence of peace, secured through strength.
Once again, to be clear …
We, the people of the Chagos Islands, give our blessing for the United States to use the base at Diego Garcia for strikes against the Iranian regime – in defence of the Iranian people.
This is our sovereign decision.
President Trump understands the strategic importance of this island. He understands that peace is preserved through strength, not hesitation.
To the President of the United States, I say this directly:
You have our partnership.
You have our co-operation.
You have our permission.
We hope this partnership will be mutual.
If our homeland stands as a shield for America and its allies, then America must stand as a shield for our people. We seek formal recognition of our government, binding guarantees of our right of return, and permanent protection of our indigenous lands.
The Chagos Islands will not be a bargaining chip. We will not be spoken for. And we will not be silent. We stand with those who defend stability. We stand with those who defend our common values. We stand with those who stand with us.
God Bless the United States of America.”
I mean, who could resist?
Minister Misley’s allies in Parliament were working to clarify the Chagossians’ status as native islanders and, in late February, won an injunction to keep Starmer from physically yanking the four men off the Chagos beachhead while their case was in progress.
Chagossians are rejoicing after an injunction preventing their removal from the archipelago was maintained by a judge.
Four Chagossians arrived on the islands last week to protest against the British Government’s deal to hand over the territory to Mauritius.
They are refusing to leave despite being handed eviction papers by a British patrol, which warned them they could face fines or even jail if they did not leave.
Last week, lawyers representing the men successfully applied for an injunction to prevent their removal for at least seven days.
Meanwhile, the government of Mauritius, which had already spent Starmer’s billions on payoffs in its planning, was starting to get antsy about the delays. They knew if the four Chagossian beachcombers managed to remain for any length of time, the deal would be in even greater jeopardy.
Mauritius rages at Labour’s Chagos deal for taking too LONG and brands Chagossian return ‘illegal’
https://t.co/Yi1pcbWrab— GB News (@GBNEWS) March 4, 2026
In early March, there appeared to be a heartbreaking setback when the High Court ruled that the Chagossians had no standing to challenge the Mauritius deal. This was precisely the means to the end that Starmer and treaty advocates had been scheming toward all along.
‘Why would they want to remove us? This is our home!’
First Minister of the Chagos Islands Misley Mandarin speaks live from the Islands, as the High Court denies permission for a legal challenge over Britain’s deal with Mauritius. pic.twitter.com/gvUNGMWBzp
— GB News (@GBNEWS) March 10, 2026
But all hope was not lost, and today a massive judgment in favor of the Chagossians was announced. While still subject to the British government’s appeal, this ruling has opponents of the entire Mauritius handover ecstatic.
And the Chagossians are vowing to continue to fight to go home.
A home to which the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Supreme Court has ruled the displaced Chagossians hold a lawful Right of Abode.
Chagossians have been allowed to remain on their ancestral islands in a major victory for campaigners, following a judicial review.
Following widespread controversy surrounding Sir Keir Starmer’s “surrender deal” of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the indigenous community and their right to “abode”.
Following the judicial review heard on March 13, 2026, the Court has granted the claim and ruled that the long-standing removal of the Chagossians’ right of abode is “unlawful”, ordering that it be “quashed”.
Discussing the ruling, Barrister James Tumbridge celebrated the “huge piece of news” for his clients, the Chagossians.
They are a lawfully recognized people.
…Reacting to the court’s ruling, Mr Mandarin said: “Today justice has finally begun to catch up with history. For generations, we have lived with exile, with loss, and with the denial of our most basic rights.
“This judgment restores not just a legal principle, but our dignity as a people. We have returned peacefully to our homeland. We ask only to live, to remember, and to belong.
“Today the law has recognised what we have always known, that our connection to these islands cannot be erased.”
The case challenged both the Government’s refusal to grant permits and its decision to issue removal notices to Chagossians currently on the islands, without fair process or proper consideration of their circumstances.
The Supreme Court ruling revoked and overturned a number of existing policies, including those claims that Chagossians did not constitute a group, which were initially used to remove the islanders from their home. The court also exposed more of Starmer’s perfidy regarding details of the deal.
BREAKING:
Starmer suffers major defeat in court regarding his plans to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius.
The judge of the BIOT Supreme Court (British Indian Ocean Territory) has:
– Has overturned Tony Blair’s law from 2004 that removed… pic.twitter.com/4PUXTOzxuN
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 31, 2026
– Has overturned Tony Blair’s law from 2004 that removed the Chagossians’ Right of Abode.
– Calculated that the cost of Starmer’s Chagos surrender will be up to and over £48bn. The government claimed it would only be £3.7 billion
– The judge made it clear that there is no historical authority for a prerogative power to expel or permanently exclude a population of British subjects from the territory to which their citizenship belongs.
– The Judge quashed the Governnent’s removal orders against the 4 Chagossians who recently returned to Chagos to stop the transfer to Mauritius.
This is undoubtedly one of the biggest moments in the campaign to Save Chagos and might completely derail the government’s plans to transfer the territory to Mauritius as there are now Chagossians living on the islands.
With people who have established a legal ‘right to abode‘ now planning to reestablish themselves on the islands from which they were removed, this complicates the Starmer deal immensely, as part of the rationale was that there were no indigenous peoples.
The shameful episode will hopefully remain corrected as it is now, and the Starmer government will lose this round when they appeal. There are crusaders at work on this aspect of Chagossian history in the archipelago who have completely eviscerated the government’s decades of excuses for their removal. Maybe now they’ll get the hearing they deserve.
A MONUMENTAL MOMENT
🚨The BIOT Supreme Court has recognised the Chagossian Right of Abode, overturning 50 years of policy and affirming a long‑denied right to return
The true cost of the ‘deal’ has been revealed in the judgement is over £50bn
This is a major step for self‑determination pic.twitter.com/K70Fw4KjSz
— Robert Midgley (@RobertMidgley07) March 31, 2026
Making it right.
I’m so happy for them.
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