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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.
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Chagos ruling overturned by Lords
I didn't realise that this thread was here. Anyway, cunts (reprise).
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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
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- Mar 2008
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- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
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?Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague are set to rule today on the legal dispute between Britain and its former colony Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos archipelago. The ICJ judges will rule on the legal consequences of the seperation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Originally posted by E10 Rifle View PostIt'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.
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.
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Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View PostMore cuntery of the highest magnitude. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...q8R9cyxmPXXRZI
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