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It's nice to see you this morning. Can we talk Chagos
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Yes, of course we can. Because this is very confusing. But also, why are you coming up with a figure
0:10
I mean, the Prime Minister says it's going to cost £3.4 billion. You're saying it's going to cost 10 times that
0:16
But you're tying in inflation with that figure, which doesn't make any sense
0:20
It's £101 million a year over 99 years. That's a hell of a lot more than £3.4 billion
0:25
But we've heard several numbers from the government on this. This is the nearest guesstimate that's been come to
0:30
But, yeah, £101 million. Whatever it is, it's the wrong deal. It's a deal that shouldn't be going ahead
0:35
We're literally giving something back and then paying to lease a military base
0:39
It's insane. £101 million a year. Imagine what you could be doing with that money
0:45
But, Mr Bickers, didn't the Tories start these negotiations? Didn't you open this can of worms to start with
0:50
Not at all. It started under the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss. We have dialogues with countries across the globe who ask lots of things
0:57
at lots of times. We would never have gone in with this. It was just not a thing
1:01
It's a bad deal for Britain. When Labour negotiates, Britain loses. We've seen it with Chagos
1:05
this absolutely ridiculous deal that is going to cost the taxpayers of the UK a fortune
1:10
We've seen it with the EU negotiations that are underway. We've seen it with the India trade deal
1:15
that's seen UK, well, British companies paying, British workers being taxed to the eyeballs
1:20
whilst Indian workers are getting tax breaks. It is utter chaos. when Labour negotiates, Britain loses
1:27
I think Stammer just finds himself on the wrong end of the negotiating table It a disaster Why then with all of this if it such a disaster does Secretary of State Marco Rubio say that this agrees
1:40
a long-term, stable and effective operation of the joint facility at Diego Garcia
1:45
Trump likes it. There might be lots of views from different parts of the world
1:49
who have lots of different interests. This deal is not in Britain's interests at all
1:54
It's not in the interests of taxpayers who are going to be forking up for this ridiculous sum of money
1:59
What do you make of Sir Keir Starmer when defending this deal to the press yesterday
2:03
saying, look, he didn't have a choice. The choice was you have a deal or you don't have a base
2:09
He probably would say the same thing about his new relationship with the EU
2:13
and the difficulties that he's causing for farmers when he's handing over, you know, we're now becoming subject to more EU law
2:19
We're handing more control back to the European Court of Justice. We're seeing more British taxpayers' money go in the EU
2:26
All these things are choices. That guy's put behind number 10 to make choices
2:31
This is the wrong choice. It's a bad deal for Britain. But it's not a choice if he says
2:35
there is a long-standing government legal assessment. We don't know how long-standing
2:40
That if this went to the next level of court, which would be a binding judgment
2:48
we would lose that. It is a negotiation. It is a deal. It is a bad deal
2:54
No court anywhere has told him that he needs to hand over £101 million every year for the next 99 years
3:02
No one's told him that. He should be fighting for Britain's interests
