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James Price@jamespriceglos · Sep 2, 2026

You should know the scale of Andy Burnham's Chagos Surrender. Britain will pay Mauritius £35 billion AND give them the…

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The thread criticizes Andy Burnham and Labour's deal to pay Mauritius £35 billion and cede the Chagos Islands, arguing the money could instead fund military expansion, hospitals, schools, tax cuts, prisons, or infrastructure repairs in Britain.

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  1. #1

    You should know the scale of Andy Burnham's Chagos Surrender. Britain will pay Mauritius £35 billion AND give them the Islands. But how much is £35 billion? It's enough to give Britain an Air Force fighter fleet larger than the Chinese Communist Party. Labour treason. 🧵💸

  2. #2

    It's enough money that we could nearly TRIPLE the size of the Royal Navy in terms of numbers of ships. This would reverse decades of shrinkage, at a time when the Royal Navy is utterly dwarfed by the Russian Navy.

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    Or closer to home, we could build dozens of new hospitals to help the NHS, or literally thousands of new primary schools for British children to get a great start in life.

  4. #4

    What about the cost of living? It's one of the most pressing issue facing most Brits. The money going to Chagos is so large that, if all spent in one year, could fund enormous tax cuts for Brits. Instead, YOUR MONEY is abolishing income tax for 4/5 Mauritians.

  5. #5

    Every time a violent prisoner gets let out early, and goes on to commit another crime, remember that Andy Burnham's Chagos deal could pay for SEVENTY new prisons that could keep Brits save from violent offenders.

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    And every time your car goes over a pothole, remember that the traitorous Chagos surrender deal could fix EVERY SINGLE POTHOLE. That would leave enough change for the Government to also clear the NHS's ENTIRE REPAIR BACKLOG.

  7. #7

    We bought the islands once. Now Labour is forcing ordinary British taxpayers to pay AGAIN to give them back. This is suicidally stupid, but it's also evil and makes us much weaker in the world. Never forget that Andy Burnham is trying to bring this back. Don't let him.