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The Empire never died

by MARK CURTIS | 19 May 2025
TAGGED: BP, Chagos Islands, Cyprus, Declassified Files, Falklands, Finance, Gibraltar

The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset.

The Chagos Islands were never Britain’s to give away

by MARK CURTIS | 10 February 2025
TAGGED: Chagos Islands, Mauritius

Nigel Farage and the Conservatives are having a meltdown about Britain ‘giving up sovereignty’ of illegally occupied land.

The UK’s 83 military interventions around the world since 1945

by MARK CURTIS | 10 January 2023
TAGGED: Afghanistan, Albania, Anguilla, Bahamas, Belize, Borneo, Chagos Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Maldives, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zanzibar

Britain’s occupied territory

by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 1 March 2022
TAGGED: Chagos Islands, Mauritius

Explainer: Is the UK a rogue state? 17 British policies violating domestic or international law

by MARK CURTIS | 7 February 2020
TAGGED: Argentina, Assange, Chagos Islands, Explainer, GCHQ, Israel, MI5, MI6

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