12 June 2025, 14:33 | Updated: 13 June 2025, 07:48

By Suella Braverman

After the revelation that Lammy and Starmer’s Surrender deal of the Chagos Islands would mean that £30bn worth of British taxpayer money will be helping the Mauritian government to cut their taxes, raise their wages and pay off their national debt, one hoped it couldn’t get any worse.

But just when one thought British diplomacy couldn’t stoop any lower, along comes Gibraltar.

This time the cost is less obviously financial, but the price is something far greater: sovereignty.

The government insists, of course, that there is nothing to worry about.

The new deal, we’re told, is all about “practical arrangements.” No constitutional change. British sovereignty, says David Lammy, “remains intact.” He points to a ‘sovereignty clause’.

But no official treaty has been published. No legal text. Merely a parliamentary statement made up of word salad, a handful of digital infographics and hyperactive posting on X.

For something as constitutionally sensitive as Gibraltar -a British Overseas Territory since 1713- this lack of transparency is telling. In fact, it’s a red flag.........

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