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It was wrong, but the US supported the move at the time, and last year supported the agreement with Mauritius, which Trump has now done a complete 180 on. However, linking this to Greenland is a false equivalence.

The Chagossians are not on the islands. The only residents are US and UK military, and civilan defence contractors. The islanders are mostly on Mauritius or in the UK. The civilian population were removed as a security measure for the Diego Garcia base. The issue for the US, which leases the base, is that the UK is transferring the archipelago to Mauritius, which has close economic ties to China.

I doubt if any of these defecting Tories are doing so out of conscience. It's all about self preservation, as they see Reform out performing the Conservatives at the next election.

I built myself a gravel bike, but then our son bought a "wheel off" TT and that bike is now a permanent indoor fixture. As for Zwift etc, we use MyWhoosh. It is limited, but free. And there is always the fact that once you get the bug, you always NEED n+1. ( Both our son and I have 4, my wife has 2 ).

Posting links to paywalled articles means that we only get to read the headline.

Correct, but the US won't let them because they "need" the base on Diego Garcia. They perceive a threat due to Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean.

We got it off the French in 1814, and administered it as part of Mauritius until it was formally made into an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in 1965.

The only people on the Chagos Islands are US and UK military personnel and civilian contractors. The native population were dispersed many years ago. The annexation of the archipelago was the last dying spasm of British colonialism.

Trump makes great play out of his ability as a deal maker. One thing clearly and publicly goes against this - whatever he paid for his hair, he was robbed.

It seems that for Greenlanders the most important aspect of Denmark's control, the main thing holding back calls for complete independence, is the welfare state that Denmark extends to the Island; healthcare, pensions, and education. There is no way that would be sustained under US occupation.

In May last year the US, and Trump personally, praised that deal as a "monumental achievement", now it is apparently "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY".

So Trump "cashing in his chips" in a childish tantrum allows him to seize another country, an ally of the US, at the point of a gun ? Do the people of Greenland not have a say ? What if he decides he wants Iceland next ? Or the Shetlands ?

The demented orange man-baby has doubled down on his blaming the Norwegian Government for him not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize' "Norway totally controls it [the Nobel Prize] despite what they say. They like to say they have nothing to do with it, but they have everything to do with it." He is willing to throw NATO under the bus because he didn;t get a gewgaw.

They're too over-stretched in Ukraine to take on the "2 dogsleds" defending Greenland.

According to the Trump administration there are several Chinese destroyers sailing round the island. If Disneyland did geo-politics.........

From Russian media outlet Rossiyskaya Gazeta ; "If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States," "With Greenland, the US becomes the second largest country in the world after Russia, surpassing Canada in area. For Americans, that's on par with such planetary events as the abolition of slavery by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 or the territorial conquests of the Napoleonic Wars." "If, thanks to Trump, Greenland becomes part of America…for sure the American people will not forget such an achievement."

MAGA

That pun don't impress me much.

Trump, in his own words, has a high IQ, snd is in fact "a stable genius". Who can doubt him ?

It's now the FSB, ( but not the Federation of Small Businesses ).

Like a Virgin ?

Do we have any players who are 1 yellow card away from a convenient ban for Fratton ?

It's slightly worse than that - FT manager has another draw in the list: WWLDLDDLL, 9/27, win ratio 22%. Last 7 win ratio 0%.

Only if one of them is an experienced assistant manager.

According to the Washington Post, anybody wanting a permanent place on the Board of Peace for Gaza will be asked to stump up $1Bn. According to one former State Department diplomat, specialising in the Middle East; "The Board of Peace is a concept tethered to a galaxy far, far away, "