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Selling Out the Empire!

By Thomas Marsh-Connors – The Angry British Conservative

Another day, another blow to British pride.

In what I can only describe as a treacherous act of betrayal wrapped in the weak silk of modern diplomacy, the UK government has announced a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and in return, lease back the vital military base on Diego Garcia for £101 million a year.

Let’s be clear: this is not a diplomatic victory. It’s a fire sale of imperial legacy. A sickening abandonment of British strategic interest, regional power, and historic ownership, all for the price of a few pieces of silver and a pat on the head from the international community.

A Historic Stronghold Handed Away

The Chagos Archipelago has been under British control since the 19th century. It was deliberately retained when Mauritius was given independence in 1968, for good reason, it has been one of the most geopolitically important outposts in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia, the crown jewel, remains a critical Anglo-American military base, one of the few we have that lets us project power into Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

And now, we’re meant to clap like seals because we’re leasing back what we already own?

This isn’t just weak it’s pathetic. We are paying to borrow our own heritage from a country that would barely register on the global map were it not for its past ties to Britain.

Mauritius? Really?

Mauritius, backed by anti-colonial crocodile tears and conveniently silent about how well the island group is run now, wants to score a symbolic victory. But don’t be fooled this isn’t about the so-called “wronged Chagossians” or historical justice. This is about post-colonial resentment and the slow dismantling of the last vestiges of British imperial might, egged on by the United Nations, international courts, and left-wing academics.

Chagos has no cultural ties to Mauritius. It is a British military holding that serves peace and order in one of the most unstable parts of the world. To hand it off in a time when global threats are rising in China in the Indo-Pacific, piracy in East Africa, and extremism in the Middle East is not only absurd. It is dangerous.

The Empire Wasn’t Evil. It Was Effective.

I’m sick to the back teeth of this revisionist obsession with "decolonising everything." The British Empire brought infrastructure, order, law, and civilization to parts of the world that, frankly, had none. Our navy patrolled trade routes. Our engineers built cities. Our governance laid down the rule of law.

Now? We’re apologising for it. We’re paying rent on our own bloody island.

Where’s the national pride? Where’s the spine?

The £101 Million Disgrace

The figure itself is laughable. £101 million a year? For an island that holds one of the most advanced surveillance and strategic command facilities in the world?

That’s not a lease. That’s a mugging. And it’s us being mugged by our own Foreign Office.

Let’s also not forget who else benefits here: the United States, who get to keep their base while the UK absorbs the cost and takes the reputational hit for imperial guilt. Classic globalism everyone wins except Britain.

The Slippery Slope

Today it’s the Chagos Islands. Tomorrow? The Falklands. Gibraltar. Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus.

Every time we cave to these demands, we show weakness. And in geopolitics, weakness invites aggression. This decision is a signal to the world that Britain no longer values its legacy, its power, or its global role.

What happens when the next post-colonial country starts agitating for “their” land? Will we fold then too? At what point does the United Kingdom cease to be a kingdom at all and become a spineless bureaucracy that leases back its past with borrowed money?

We Need a Churchill, Not a Chamberlain

It is time for a new generation of British leadership. Leaders who understand that our past is not something to be ashamed of—but something to stand upon. Something to defend. The people crying about colonialism today would be living in chaos without the very imperial foundations they now spit on.

As far as I’m concerned, the Chagos Islands are British. Full stop. Not because of some dusty treaty or ancient claim, but because we built them into what they are. Strategically, culturally, and administratively they function because Britain made them function.

This handover is an act of cowardice. Of self-flagellating globalism. Of betrayal.

And mark my words: one day soon, we will regret it.