(Sam Blewett – Politico) Nigel Farage and a group of opposition politicians are trying to turn the U.S. Trump administration against a key but controversial piece of British foreign policy — and the U.K. government is furious. The fight centers around the U.K.’s plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal that had been signed off by President Donald Trump and PM Keir Starmer directly — but was unexpectedly thrown into question last week after Trump publicly called the move “stupid.”. British diplomats are now racing to ensure the U.S. won’t stand in the way of London’s plan. But Washington has for months been receiving representations urging just the opposite from Farage — leader of Britain’s populist-right Reform UK party — and a host of other opposition politicians, according to individuals involved in the dual campaign.
Farage’s Trump lobbying against Chagos deal riles British government – POLITICO
