british colonies

[sufi]

The TCI have had their own government since 1976, and have been largely independent of Britain since the 1960s, making Westminster's decision to assert power over the islands all the more controversial.

The island's premier, Galmo Williams, said his country was "being invaded and re-colonised by the United Kingdom". He accused the Foreign Office of "dismantling a duly elected government and legislature and replacing it with a one-man dictatorship".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/16/whitehall-takes-over-turks-caicos

interesting...
isn't the t&c a tax haven??

compare and contrast to the on-going chagos/d garcia calumny

& uk's never-ending zimbabwe fetish ....

 

[vimothy]

& uk's never-ending zimbabwe fetish ....

I love it when Angry Arab accuses The Guardian of being white supremacist in its coverage of Zimbabwe.

 

[sufi]

Is this video available in your country?

 

[william_kent]

Is this video available in your country?

no ( in UK )

 

[sufi]

@Leo?

 

[Leo]

nope

 

[sufi]

thanks, turns out it was a story on rt, so not that surprising if it's blocked

 

[sufi]

UK Chagos Islands officials accused of Apartheid

Two Chagossians, Solomon Prosper and Bernard Nourrice, have filed a submission at the International Criminal Court accusing several key figures in the administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory of apartheid. Prosper and Nouricce, both born on Diego Garcia Atoll, argue that by forcing...

www.chagossupport.org.uk

 

[snav]

is Canada a british colony

 

[HMGovt’s Glorious Return!]

is Canada a british colony

No, it's a colony of Communist China now.

 

[snav]

sorry for your loss