Chagos Deal Set To Go Ahead After All As High Court Lifts Temporary Block On Agreement

Keir Starmer is now set to hand the Chagos islands over to Mauritius, as planned.The UK government’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius can now go ahead after the High Court lifted a temporary block on the agreement.The news will come as a relief to Keir Starmer as a last-minute court injunction, issued at 2.25am overnight, meant a High Court judge stopped the deal this morning.But, a new hearing today saw the Mr Justice Chamberlain confirm that the injunction should be discharged.He said: “I have concluded that the stay granted by Mr Justice Goose should be discharged and there should be no further interim relief.”He added: “The public interest and the interests of the United Kingdom would be substantially prejudiced by the grant or continuance of interim relief, and these matters provide a strong public interest reason against the continuance of interim relief.”It means the prime minister’s virtual ceremony with the Mauritian government representatives will still go ahead.It comes after months of wrangling from the government as they tried to get the deal to hand the archipelago’s sovereignty over to Mauritius.The deal will still allow the UK and the US to continue using their military base for an initial period of 99 years at the cost of £9 billion.The agreement attracted plenty of backlash, with the Conservative Party calling dubbed the agreement as a “surrender”.Before the High Court ruling, the prime minister’s spokesman told reporters that any attempt to hold up the agreement was a “threat to national security” this morning.A government spokesperson then welcomed the lifting of the blockade this afternoon, and said the agreement was “vital to protect the British people and our national security”.The legal challenge brought against the Foreign Office had been presented by two Chagossian women, Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe, who were born on Chagos’ largest island, Diergo Garcia.They fear what the deal will mean for their ability to return and their lawyer warned they had not been able to give a say in the future of their islands.They also expressed fears Mauritius would not treat Chagossians fairly.But Mr Justice Chamberlain refused a request to halt proceedings in order to allow an appeal to go through.He said: “The order is discharged from this point onwards. If you want to seek any further relief you will have to go to the Court of Appeal.”Related...Embarrassment For Starmer As Court Bans Labour From Handing Over Chagos IslandsHumiliation For Jenrick As Donald Trump Signs Off On Chagos Handover Deal'Kemi Looks Pretty Stupid': Wes Streeting Swipes At Tory Leader After Trump's Chagos Remarks

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