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Brits were force to let go of Chagos Islands despite private US warnings (www.thetimes.com)
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[-] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

I was surprised when I heard about this on Al Jazeera. I thought that the British Empire was dead.

[-] Finiteacorn@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago

wait till u hear about the french oversees departments and regions, or fucking denmark still holding onto an island orders of magnitude bigger than itself.

[-] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

so when are the islands next to argentena going to be handed over?

[-] Finiteacorn@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

i wonder if this mean the sun will finally set on the british empire

[-] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

According to some maps I've seen - yes

[-] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Will it give up the base?

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Haha no

[-] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Kinda makes it moot, no?

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

It's a step in the right direction.

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