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Britain hands over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius (kinda)


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Mauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. 

There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of 99 years.

…yay? 

 

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Looks like the UK 'expansion' after Brexit is working very well :sistrens:

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The fact they remain in control of that US/UK military base just shows how much those two countries are still so deeply rotted into military interventions the world over.

 

**** the UK

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2 hours ago, Princess Aurora said:

Looks like the UK 'expansion' after Brexit is working very well :sistrens:

What the f*** has Brexit got to do with this?  It's in the middle of the Indian Ocean and is really linked deeply with the workings of the US military base.

 

Brexit has precisely nothing to do with it.

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58 minutes ago, Vermouth said:

What the f*** has Brexit got to do with this?  It's in the middle of the Indian Ocean and is really linked deeply with the workings of the US military base.

 

Brexit has precisely nothing to do with it.

Now let me explain the context behind my joke. If you don't know, there was a discussion among British nationalists and low-ley Boris Johnson said they wanted to go beyond the EU and they came up with some hilarious theories about military bases in other countries. Therefore, this was my joke about it. 

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12 hours ago, Princess Aurora said:

Now let me explain the context behind my joke. If you don't know, there was a discussion among British nationalists and low-ley Boris Johnson said they wanted to go beyond the EU and they came up with some hilarious theories about military bases in other countries. Therefore, this was my joke about it. 

Not to my recollection was there any mention of military bases "beyond the EU" as part of Brexit.  He was referring to trade opportunities I believe which is a wholly different thing, though there have been more discussions on defence with Japan for instance since 2019 or so.

 

Now I'm no fan of B Johnson but it might help discourse if "Brexit" isn't just added in randomly in any conversation about the U.K. as if it's some kind of catch all comfort blanket for writers. We'll never move forward constructively in that way.

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1 minute ago, Vermouth said:

Not to my recollection was there any mention of military bases "beyond the EU" as part of Brexit.  He was referring to trade opportunities I believe which is a wholly different thing, though there have been more discussions on defence with Japan for instance since 2019 or so.

 

Now I'm no fan of B Johnson but it might help discourse if "Brexit" isn't just added in randomly in any conversation about the U.K. as if it's some kind of catch all comfort blanket for writers. We'll never move forward constructively in that way.

OMG it was just a joke, it's not like I killed anybody :skull:

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