Fears that Britain could hand over Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands have been cooled by a cabinet minister amid fury over the surrender of the Chagos Archipelago. Last week the Foreign Office announced that the British Overseas Territory (BOT) will be handed over to China ally Mauritius alongside a “financial support” package in order to “address wrongs of the past”. The move has prompted furious finger-pointing, with Tory leadership contenders looking to heap the blame on James Cleverly, who started talks with Mauritius in the first place, and at David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary who eventu…
