Day of shame for naive Labour as it gives away strategically vital Chagos Islands and leaves taxpayers with endless bill

Gift to our foes

WHAT a day of ignominy for the new ­Government — not just giving away strategically vital British territory but handing taxpayers an endless bill for the privilege.

Labour will insist the airbase we and the Americans share on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands of the Indian Ocean is secure for a century under a lease they have signed.