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Nigel Farage is planning to lift Labour’s disastrous Chagos Islands determination with Donald Trump, it has emerged.

The Reform UK chief will “have the ear” of the White House, his colleague Zia Yusuf mentioned.

Fears are already intensifying that the Mauritian authorities is transferring to the Left after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer agreed handy over the islands.

And Reform UK chairman Mr Yusuf claimed at a rally in Hackney, London, that the Chagossian marketing campaign would attain the White House.

Mr Yusuf urged that Mr Farage, a good friend of the incoming US president, would “have the ear” of Mr Trump to advocate for the islanders’ trigger.

The Clacton MP has already begun laying groundwork for such discussions, mentioned Mr Yusuf. “I have spoken to people very closely associated with him about the Chagos situation and about the worry that the Mauritian government is moving further to the Left,” he added.

In a press release to Parliament, Foreign Secretary David Lammy defended the disastrous Chagos Islands determination by claiming a key navy base might have been deserted.

Mr Lammy mentioned the UK was dealing with a alternative of “abandoning” the joint UK-US navy base on Diego Garcia “or breaking international law”.

Speaking on GB News, shadow overseas minister Wendy Morton mentioned: “It’s a huge deal because this is about UK sovereignty and the people today, this evening, we’ve been hearing them really reiterate their anger, their frustration, and it just feels that like they’ve been ignored.

“Where is the consultation? And if we really, truly believe in the right of self-determination, which I do, why haven’t they been listened to?

“This Labour Government, it felt like they snuck this decision out when Parliament was in recess. There’s very little time, no time, actually, to really ask questions, no opportunity to hold them to account.

“There are people here this evening, from Crawley, from Manchester, from around the country, and this is the strength of feeling.

“But if this is what this government is going to do to the British Indian Ocean Territories, what does that mean for other overseas territories?

“I’ve seen no members of the Labour Government here this evening at all.”

The controversial Chagos settlement will price the taxpayer tons of of thousands and thousands of kilos and can imply the UK will probably be paying Mauritius till as late as 2164 – for much longer than the 99 years which have been made public.

The joint UK-US navy base on Diego Garcia is utilized by American forces to assist navy campaigns within the Middle East – and is seen as “essential” to countering China within the Indo-Pacific.

As MPs shouted “not true”, Mr Lammy instructed Parliament: “A binding judgment against the UK seemed inevitable. It was just a matter of time before our only choices would have been abandoning the base altogether or breaking international law.

“Without surety of tenure, no bases can operate effectively, nor truly deter our enemies.

“It impacted on our relationship with the United States, who neither wanted nor welcomed the legal uncertainty and strongly encouraged us to strike a deal.

“We have full Mauritian backing for robust security arrangements, including preventing foreign armed forces from accessing or establishing themselves on the outer islands.

“The base’s long-term future is therefore more secure under this agreement than without it.

“If this were not the case, I doubt the White House, State Department or Pentagon would have praised the deal.”

There are 47 Chinese growth finance initiatives in Mauritius and commerce between the 2 nations is rising.

But Mr Lammy clashed with livid Tory MPs over who was answerable for the deal, with Labour claiming negotiations started beneath the Conservatives.