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Dramatic events over the weekend, two
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emergency statements from the Prime
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Um, was there a logical sequence to
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What did you make of it? No, he seemed
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to initially be saying uh that he
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thought that Trump's action might be
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illegal under international law, and so
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he wasn't going to let uh the Americans
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use British bases in Diego Garcia, which
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is of course already subject to this
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huge controversy over the deal with the
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Chagos Islands. And then overnight on
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Sunday he seemed to change his mind and
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said that maybe it is going to be legal
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under international law, so it's fine.
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America can use Diego Garcia, um but
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that's the extent of our involvement in
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this. So, vacillating all over the
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place, I think. And again, if there's
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one thing that we feel that the Prime
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Minister sort of believes in, it's this
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Lord Hammond-ish international law
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framework. And it's very obvious that
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Trump has no interest in that at all.
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Trump will just do whatever he thinks is
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right for American interests. Yeah, I
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think he's really not played this very
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well. He's angered the US. He He doesn't
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hasn't been seen to be decisive on the
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international stage, or indeed be
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standing up for the many British people
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affected by this in the Middle East. Um,
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so not been a good weekend for him. And
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especially in the arena of international
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affairs, where so far that's where he's
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been doing quite well.
