Philippe Sands on Britain’s Last Colony
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Issue of Double Standard in the United Kingdom
I want to turn now, if we can, to your involvement in the case. When did you first become aware of Chegas and the plight of the Chagosians who were displaced? I was on holiday in France skiing actually and my phone went and there was a number that I didn't recognize. And it turned out to be the office of the prime minister of Mauritius asking whether I'd be willing to help recover islands wrongly removed from their sovereignty 50 or so years earlier. The issue of double standard has come back to haunt rather acutely right now. Absolutely. It's a great example of something that you've spoken about elsewhere in the uneven application of some of these legal principles like self
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