'Keir Starmer is the worst dealmaker in history and Chagos is the real Great British giveaway,' says Nana Akua

I know there was actually quite a lot to choose from, but it is, yes, the Chagos Islands.

Sir Keir Starmer has just handed over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, some 60 islands, to the Mauritians, who have no connection with them whatsoever, but have, however, been trying to get hold of them for decades. Cheers to that.

Now, the islands were British territory until yesterday and very strategic, as the Americans rent a military base on Diego Garcia, one of the islands.

This is where I’m a little confused. In the deal, the British taxpayer will pay the Mauritians to take the islands, and then an estimated figure of £101 million annually to rent it back, amounting to about £3.4 billion over 99 years.

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Or that depends on basically how you calculate it. The true cost could possibly exceed £30 billion in real cash terms because of inflation and additional schemes to fund development projects in Mauritius.

So we have basically just paid to give away a strategic piece of sovereign British territory so that we can rent it back.

Keir Starmer has to be the worst dealmaker ever. And whilst the Tories did open up the negotiations, James Cleverly wisely parked the idea. Even the backstabbing, squabbling Tories decided that it was a no-go.

Although why they even bothered looking into this when they frankly had more pressing issues under their watch to deal with, who knows? So why is Sir Keir Starmer doing this?

He said: "If we did not agree this deal, the legal situation would mean that we would not be able to prevent China or any other nation setting up their own bases on the outer islands or carrying out joint exercises near our base.

"We would have to explain to you, the British people, and to our allies, that we’d lost control of this vital asset. No responsible government could let that happen. So there’s no alternative but to act in Britain’s national interest."

I can only hazard a guess that some people are doing very nicely out of this deal, like Philippe Sands KC, an international lawyer who played a pivotal role in advocating for the Russians’ unfounded claim to the islands, and he’s understood to be close to Sir Keir Starmer.

And if he does have a close relationship with Starmer, could that have influenced the Prime Minister into agreeing to this awful deal?

And let’s not forget politicians on the other side of this deal.

Ex-Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, often referred to as the architect of the archipelago’s deal, was arrested last weekend when anti-corruption police seized suitcases allegedly containing about £2.4 million in local and foreign currencies, seven luxury watches, and UK visas. Of course, he denies the charges against him.

Does any of this sound a bit fishy to you? Don’t get me started on the fish. Another Great British giveaway.