Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

[Guest]

Cunts.

[Gangster Octopus]

Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

Weren't they the heroes of democracy last week?

[ursus arctos]

Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

So, the "principle" here is that if righting what the Government itself admits was an inexcusable wrong might result in said Government being out of pocket, then the word of Britain's highest legal authority is "Never mind".

What The Horse said.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

I agree with that too. I'm assuming not much in the way of compensation has been given in the past- sufficient though it apparently was.

[Bored Of Education]

Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

I didn't realise that this thread was here. Anyway, cunts (reprise).

[Gangster Octopus]

Chagos ruling overturned by Lords

Still no-go...

[Diable Rouge]

ICJ rules in favour of Mauritius - the Chagossians would surely prefer Mauritian rule, given their current predicament?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...ml#commentsDiv

[Levin]

The US-UK presence contributes “to guaranteeing the security of the Indian Ocean itself, from which all neighbouring states benefit, including Mauritius,” Mr Rycroft said.

Fuckers, we're keeping it for your own good.

[ursus arctos]

The ICJ hasn't ruled.

The UN General Assembly voted to refer the dispute to the ICJ

[Bored Of Education]

The ICJ will decide on this today. Interestingly, the UK government will use the defence that the ruling is "not legally binding and advisory only" if it goes against them. Where have I heard that before?

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1100058097710784515

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1100058097710784515

[Bored Of Education]

Thanks for that and, yes, great news. However, as I say, watch the UK wriggle out of it.

[Antepli Ejderha]

The Today programme on radio 4 this morning called the numbers of people involved as a handful. Fucking propaganda for the state.

Congratulations on this win to all the Chagossians and I really hope this means they can return home.

Sadly it won't and the USA will continue to bomb the rest of the world from Diego Garcia .

[Lang Spoon]

It's an advisory ruling, no wriggling necessary. It will have no more effect than innumerable ECHR rulings post the x case had on irish abortion policy. There will be a statement in the Commons and that's that. Brazen is as brazen does.

[Bored Of Education]

Ask I intimated upthread, the Brexit referendum was also ruled advisory and not legally binding.

[tee rex]

USA, UK, Hungary, Israel, Maldives, Australia. And that's all.

There's your quiz question ...

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

The Maldives? FFS! What have they been bribed with?

[E10 Rifle]

Have they got some beef with Mauritius perhaps?

[ad hoc]

I looked them up this morning on reading this news. The newish government is making a conscious effort to look towards Europe/the US as its protector, rather than China (as the previous government had done). They;re also applying I think to rejoin the commonwealth. I suspect that is behind this.

[E10 Rifle]

It's always grimly fascinating to look out for those isolated countries that vote with the US/UK and against almost everyone else in the world when there's a motion like this, or similar routine ones on Palestine or the Cuba blockade, as it generally tells you who's angling for a particular trade deal at any given time.

[ad hoc]

The FSM votes with the US on everything, partly because it is still in many ways a US colony (I mean not officially, but it's still very closely tied to the US). What's fascinating here is that they (or the CNMI or the Marshalls etc) didn't vote according to the US's wishes. Can't remember the last time that this will have happened.

[via vicaria]

The CNMI don't get a vote as they're not a UN member (it's probably Palau you're thinking of there who're also under the Compact of Free Association, I believe). Although if they did go for Compact/UN membership, they'd fall in the same camp. Constitutionally they're a bit more like Guam.

On the Chagos, it's much closer to the Maldives geographically than Mauritius. Slightly cynical but they might also have an eye on who it gets handed to once the US and UK are ever done with it.

[San Bernardhinault]

It's always grimly fascinating to look out for those isolated countries that vote with the US/UK and against almost everyone else in the world when there's a motion like this, or similar routine ones on Palestine or the Cuba blockade, as it generally tells you who's angling for a particular trade deal at any given time.

This is also true of who happens to join Japan and Norway on whaling rights, too. It's almost always very small countries whose GDP can be materially increased by very small investments from those two countries.

But if your allies at the UN aren't even bribed, but instead are basically only Netanyahu, Trump and Orban, you probably ought to stop and have a think and a moment of self-reflection.

[Bored Of Education]

More cuntery of the highest magnitude. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...q8R9cyxmPXXRZI

[Antepli Ejderha]

More cuntery of the highest magnitude. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...q8R9cyxmPXXRZI

I'd like to go back to my country but I can't as you've illegally built an airstrip there and sublet it out to another country.