"For an elected British politician from the House of Commons, from Reform or from the Conservatives, to be going over to America calling on President Trump to disown the deal we'd agreed and worked through to protect for the next 100 years our sovereign base and ability to operate out of Diego Garcia it is unpatriotic, it undermines Britain and it is not the sort of leadership that British people should expect from elected politicians."
"It looks like to me their intent is to undermine the British relationship with the US. That seems to be their intent, unpatriotic, unacceptable and not what people should expect of people who are elected to speak up in parliament and represent this country."
"Healey said he had been shocked by the extent to which senior MPs had sought to curry favour with the US president by undermining the position of the UK government not just on the Iran attacks but also over the Chagos Islands deal."
Defence Secretary John Healey has criticized opposition politicians, including Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, for attempting to undermine the UK government's relationship with Donald Trump. He expressed shock at their efforts to curry favour with the US president by opposing British policy decisions, particularly regarding the refusal to allow US bases for offensive strikes against Iranian targets and the Chagos Islands agreement. Healey characterized these actions as unpatriotic, arguing that elected British politicians should not travel to America to encourage Trump to disown agreements designed to protect UK sovereignty and operational capabilities. He stated that such behaviour undermines Britain and fails to meet the leadership standards the public should expect from elected representatives.
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