The larger presence for the People’s Republic of China in the very heart of London is not the Labour government’s only recent concession to the Communist great power. The national-security implications of surrendering these small but strategic islets concern not only Britain but the United States, which shares a joint military base with the UK on the archipelago’s largest island, Diego Garcia. Lord Mandelson stepped down from that post in September, but as further details of his dealings with the billionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have come to light, the heat on the prime minister who elevated him to Britain’s most sensitive overseas role has become unbearable.
Author: Daniel McCarthy
Published at: 2026-02-09 23:37:27
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