Exclusive: Tories Demand Starmer Retracts His Claim That China Opposed Chagos Deal

The Tories are demanding Starmer issues a retraction and formally apologises after he falsely claimed China was opposed to the Chagos surrender deal. As Guido revealed this morning, China in fact sent “massive congratulations” to Mauritius following the sellout…

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge has written to Starmer calling out the “deeply offensive and ill-judged claim”.[…] Read the rest