Diego Garcia has become yet another US military base. Flickr/U.S. Pacific Command. Some rights reserved.
Britain, perhaps unsurprisingly, remains stubbornly centre-stage in the growing UK election campaign rhetoric. Announcing the budget, the Chancellor told us Britain could again “walk tall in the world.” Ed Miliband frequently suggests “Britain can do better.” The other parties have their own variations on pledges to make the nation fair, respected and honourable.
And yet just before parliament concluded at the end of March, an opportunity to end decades of continuing human rights abuse, which mars Britain's reputation globally, was quietly missed. To put it more starkly, a choice was made to continue enforcing the exile of the Chagossian people.
