Chagossians now CANNOT be evicted from homeland as vital last-minute intervention hands Keir Starmer crushing blow

A judge has temporarily blocked the Government from removing Chagossians from their homeland after a group arrived there this week.Justice James Lewis issued the ruling from a plane on Thursday night in a lifeline for the islanders.”There is no doubt the balance of convenience falls on the side of the claimants,” Justice Lewis said.”They are 120 miles from Diego Garcia and pose no threat to national security on the evidence before me.”The injunction will remain for seven days, allowing the Government time to respond.Four Chagossian islanders touched down on Ile du Coin, part of the Peros Banhos coral atoll on Tuesday.The group was led by Misley Mandarin, the elected Chagossian First Minister.”We, the people of the Chagos Islands, stand today on the soil of our homeland,” the party announced in a “Declaration of Return”.”We are the advance party. Hundreds more are following. We have come home.”The islanders describe their arrival as the beginning of a permanent settlement.Authorities served them with removal papers on Wednesday, before their lawyer James Tumbridge then successfully applied for the injunction.Ben Habib’s “Great British PAC” hailed the injunction as a major victory last night.”Thank you again to everyone who donated today – you’ve helped shield the Chagossian community from the threat of eviction from their islands,” it said in a statement.The news follows Donald Trump’s blistering attack on Labour’s “surrender” deal just days ago.And sources close to the President have now told The Independent how the US has learned that China and India may be negotiating to gain control of different islands in the archipelago.Mr Trump is also reportedly angered by the UK’s refusal to allow American forces to use RAF bases for strikes against Iran.There are additional concerns that Britain is now sharing military intelligence about Diego Garcia’s operations with Mauritius as part of the lease-back arrangement.The islanders were forcibly removed from their homeland between 1967 and 1973 to make way for the Diego Garcia base.GB News has approached the Foreign Office for comment.More to follow…Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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