sold the last colony for a village and a firm handshake

UK to swap Chagos Islands for Piddington

Britain has agreed to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while taking over Piddington, a village of roughly a thousand residents in Oxfordshire, in a swap the government describes as a strategic consolidation. The deal follows years of international pressure over the forced removal of Chagossians in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for a US military base on Diego Garcia. Officials say the arrangement will be finalized within weeks; critics call it a ceremonial gesture dressed up as statecraft.

Source: UK to swap Chagos Islands for Piddington — The Daily Mash

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