Chagos is a comedy sketch...

 It's been an eventful Chagos comedy sketch this week.

The exciled Chagosian government has secretly travelled to Chagos and landed on the island to reclaim their homeland.

Trump has called the disposal of Chagos stupid (again).

The British Indian Overseas goverment (ie Starmer) within hours served eviction notices on the small Chagosian party now living on a Chagos island.  The eviction notice states they would be subject to imprisonment and fines for illegally trespassing on their own land.

The irony that all the illegal migrants arriving in Dover we can't deport, fine or imprison. However these are not illegal migrants - these are British citizens returning to their home land which they were forceably removed from by a former Labour government.

Given Squirmer claims to be a human rights lawyer, I am surprised that he cannot see the blatant contradiction in what he is doing.  He is violating the rights of the native islanders at every step of this process. He has failed to engage with them. He has blocked all rights to a referendum or vote from the native population about the disposal of their country. Now he wants to evict them, just like the former Labour government.

The latest twist is that a High Court judge has granted the islanders a 7-day injunction against the UK government blocking the eviction of the islanders who are no longer a government in exile...

I really look forward to this being made into a film !

If you would like to donate to the Chagosian legal challenge you can do so here:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/savechagos


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