Tories: UK's Chagos deal was 'self-sabotaging'

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Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith MP says he thinks US President Donald Trump was "right" on last year's deal to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, labelling it as 'self-sabotaging' and arguing it "damages our national security interests". Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, on the issue of the Chagos Islands giveaway, which is what Donald Trump was talking about,

00:05he is actually absolutely right. I don't agree with everything that he says or posts,

00:09but this is a deal that is self-sabotage. It damages our national security interests.

00:15It's bad for the maritime environment, which is a pristine nature reserve around the Chagos Islands.

00:20And of course, it's going to cost the British taxpayer billions of pounds that we can't afford.

00:25So on this, he's right. The best defense comes through strength, and it is a sign of great weakness

00:31for this government, for Keir Starmer, to be giving away British sovereign territory.

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