Sixteen reasons the surrender of the Chagos Islands no longer holds up, from a collapsed security argument to a possible £35bn bill and a live legal challenge.
Claire Bullivant · 17 January 2026Labour scraped the Chagos surrender Bill through Third Reading only after losing a regret motion and re-running a contested voice vote four times — a sequence our campaign calls a breakdown in due process.
Great British PAC · 13 January 2026On the eve of a decisive Lords vote, the Chagossian Government in Exile is pleading with the British public to stop Labour signing away the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius.
Great British PAC · 11 January 2026The House of Lords has derailed the Government's Chagos timetable, voting to force a renegotiation of the Mauritius treaty and exposing deep unease over a deal critics call reckless.
Great British PAC · 6 January 2026Our CEO Claire Bullivant on a fully argued Judicial Review left undecided while Labour rushes an irreversible Chagos deal through Parliament over the festive break.
Claire Bullivant · 31 December 2025Chagossian interim First Minister Misley Mandarin makes a direct appeal to America: stand with an exiled people seeking self-determination and protect the future of Diego Garcia.
Misley Mandarin · 27 December 2025The Government commissioned its own consultation of Chagossians. The verdict it delivered is damning: the deal to hand the islands to Mauritius has no consent from the people it affects.
Great British PAC · 17 December 2025A people exiled for over fifty years have voted to form their own Government in Exile, electing an interim First Minister in a last bid to stop Britain handing their islands to Mauritius.
Great British PAC · 16 December 2025The High Court still hasn't ruled on whether our Chagos Judicial Review can go ahead. A fresh UN intervention has raised the stakes — here is what hangs on this case.
Claire Bullivant · 9 December 2025A UN race-discrimination body has urged London and Port Louis to freeze ratification of their Chagos deal, warning it tramples Chagossian rights and international law.
Great British PAC · 8 December 2025Labour swore in 2024 to defend the sovereignty of Britain's Overseas Territories. Now it is handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and critics say the Prime Minister lied to the country.
Great British PAC · 3 December 2025Parliamentarians, Chagossian groups and policy experts say the House of Lords survey on the Chagos deal is compromised, insecure and open to foreign interference.
Great British PAC · 2 December 2025Stories originally reported by our sister title, the Conservative Post. Join the PAC to get them first.
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