@AdamJSchwarz It is a lousy deal: It was engineered by Russia and Iran with tacit Chinese support, to undermine US and UK interest. It was promoted by a pal of our PM, with spurious arguments sufficient to rubber stamp the ambitions of the powers above. ‘International Law’ deserves better.

@JohnRentoul @George_Osborne Narrow cynicism from a man who compromised national security (‘Golden Era’), spaffed away vast quantities of money (HS2) and left a mess in HMT by failing to prepare for a Leave vote. A civilised country would ostracise @George_Osborne.

RT @RobertJenrick: Starmer’s Chagos surrender deal is collapsing so quickly it’s hard to keep up. Here’s what we’ve learnt in the last few…

@WalkerMarcus Beyond Treaty commitments, what underpins ‘international law’?

@g_gosden She’s trying to save the school she’s built and the system which enabled it. That school has helped countless marginalised kids find their confidence and their path. @Miss_Snuffy deserves praise not sniping.

This, from @Miss_Snuffy is a brave and principled letter. IMHO, the issue is not ideology exactly but a Central Government dynamic through which dreadful civil servants assume they can command and control. We need total reform of Whitehall.

@mikeysmith I was like that in the 30’s - until it wasn’t.

RT @RobertJenrick: When David Cameron was Foreign Secretary he was briefed on the national security implications and chose not to proceed w…

@Artemisfornow Indeed, @LucyMPowell, how do you make a military base safer by surrendering the territory around it to allies of rival (China) at the behest of your enemies (Russia and Iran)? Then there’s the sparring away of vast amount of money to do so.

@Keir_Starmer You’re driving our country down - paying to surrender strategic assets, freezing pensioners, stifling growth, alienating allies and pandering to dictators. We need a leader, not some blubbering blancmange. For God’s sake, find your backbone and sense of duty.

⁦@Keir_Starmer⁩ claims deeper information and intelligence on Chagos. He is badly informed and/or misguiding. Senior Parliamentarians must be told privately who - beyond the most craven in @fcdo - counsels this lunatic proposal.

@Keir_Starmer you have been played like a fiddle by Putin/Xi and Sands. Hopefully, @marcorubio will stop the music.

@joe_armitage The first line is spurious. ‘Will’ is entirely debatable. As you say, grave damage is more likely to follow from proving weakness and stupidity.

RT @JamesCleverly: Adding insult to injury. Starmer refuses to give UK parliamentarians any detail about this deal. We only get informa…

RT @doctor_oxford: This is absolutely not a fair representation of the evidence you were provided with last week, Kim. I spoke in sincere…

@TiceRichard Chagos.

@Keir_Starmer, you had the coaching, you have a voice. Can you please address @UKParliament and the public to explain precisely why your proposed #Chagos deal benefits this country? Oh, and please take real questions. It’ll be fun.

@MrBrendanCox That word was poorly chosen. Now, moving to the substance of the proposed deal on #Chagos, what about it makes any sense at all for the UK?

Perhaps, there is still some sense and patriotism in @UKLabour after all. @Keir_Starmer and Richard Hermer should be ashamed of themselves. Philippe Sands, acting for a foreign power, has run rings around them.

RT @lukedepulford: This is insanity. 👉 completely unnecessary 👉 creates strategic exposure to 🇨🇳 👉 ludicrous extortion of 🇬🇧 taxpayer 👉…