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In his seventeenth major U-turn, Sir Keir Starmer announced that he will not be giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which has never owned them,  but to the native Chagossians instead. In other news Energy secretary Ed Miliband has acknowledged the need to strike a balance between the need to protect the environment and not inflicting and unfair and unreasonable burden of costs on British consumers, and announced a review of many of his policies. Green Party Leader Zack Polansky has invited the Equalities Commission to assist in carrying out a review into Anti-Semitism in the Green party, saying " I am not going to allow the people who created a huge problem with Anti-Semitism in the Labour party to do the same thing to mine. " Lib/Dem leader Ed Davey announced that he would not be doing any stunts during this year's council election campaign. "These elections are about electing serious local leaders to address the issues local people face," he said, "an...

Quote of the day 1st April 2026

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"The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions." Robert Lynd