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— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) November 25, 2024

My immidiate reaction: found reddit at 14, is 22 now. Any other guesses?

Edit: wait, it's a pole. https://old.reddit.com/r/poland/comments/ylfw8d/visiting_the_us/ starting to make more sense

Edit: oh shit, way older than I thought: https://old.reddit.com/r/UniUK/comments/15tgv5r/child_didnt_get_the_grades/

All journ*lists should catch aids and die

Literally no one in Britain, America, Chagos and now Mauritius as well, other than Starmer, Lammy and Powell is happy with it.

The new prime minister of Mauritius has said he has reservations about a deal struck by his predecessor with the UK government over the Chagos Islands.

Agreed last month, it said the UK would give up sovereignty over the remote but strategically important archipelago - though it would lease Diego Garcia, home to a joint UK-US military base, for at least 99 years.

Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, elected a fortnight ago, did not outline the exact issues he had with the deal, which still needs to be finalised in a treaty, but a cabinet minister said there were problems with the lease arrangement.

It may also face opposition from US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.

Marco Rubio, Trump's pick for secretary of state, has described it as a threat to US security.

When the deal was signed, after years of talks, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his then-Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth called it a "seminal moment in our relationship and a demonstration of our enduring commitment to the peaceful resolution of disputes and the rule of law".

UK opposition leader Kemi Badenoch accused the government of not knowing "how to defend our national interests" in its handling of the negotiations.

Some groups representing the interests of Chagossians have also expressed disquiet, saying they were excluded from the negotiations.

Prime Minister Ramgoolam expressed his doubts about the agreement after meeting Jonathan Powell, the UK's national security adviser, on Monday.

"I informed them that I wished to have more time to study the details with a panel of legal advisers," he said.

He also voiced surprise that the details were finalised just over a month before Mauritius's general election.

Mr Powell said that negotiations would continue and both sides agreed to reconvene in Mauritius in two weeks to report their progress.

In the election campaign, Ramgoolam and his allies in the Change coalition accused then-Prime Minister Jugnauth of "high treason", describing the agreement as a "sell-out" motivated by desperation ahead of the vote.

Arvin Boolell, the newly appointed minister of agro-industry and fisheries, has been more specific about the objections in his comments on Monday.

He criticised the former prime minister for granting the UK a long lease over Diego Garcia - he said it was 200 years, though the publicised timeframe was an initial period of 99 years.

"In other words," Boolell remarked to a newspaper, "the tenant has become the owner of Diego Garcia for 200 years."

!britbongs

!britbongs !boozers When even Pakistanis are appalled by your driving.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1gy90t3/liz_kendall_tells_brits_if_you_can_work_you_must/lyn7jhr/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1gy90t3/liz_kendall_tells_brits_if_you_can_work_you_must/lymudoq/?context=8

Award for 'most stereotypical Fat Bong" goes to https://old.reddit.com/user/coffeewalnut05

what it does not include

also filming CCP is not fricking

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/23/youtube-pianist-row-chinese-visitors-demand-stop-filming-20157676/

you need a fricking loucense for that

I'm determined to deliver growth, create wealth and put more money in people’s pockets.

This can only be achieved by working in partnership with leading businesses, like @BlackRock, to capitalise on the UK’s position as a world leading hub for investment. pic.twitter.com/qDPpEYEYAh

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) November 21, 2024

Idk wtf is going on over there but I feel like there should be some kind of French revolution where they eat these people's flesh or some shit.

!nooticers

An 18-year-old Briton faces up to 20 years in a Dubai prison for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl while the pair were on holiday in the emirate, a human rights campaigner has said.

Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, was on holiday with his family when he began a secretive holiday romance in September with another Londoner, who has since turned 18, according to Radha Stirling, of campaign group Detained in Dubai.

After returning home and seeing pictures and chats, the girl's mother reported the relationship to Dubai police, who then arrested Mr Fakana at his hotel, Ms Stirling said.

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) London embassy has been asked for comment.

Age difference 'so small'

A UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: "We are supporting a British man in the UAE and are in contact with his family."

Ms Stirling, the founder and chief executive of Detained in Dubai, which helps foreigners abroad and is an international authority on UAE law, said Mr Fakana and his parents were "extremely distressed" by the events.

She added his parents, who work as a cleaner and in a warehouse, "don't know what to do" and have had to return to London without their son to resume work.

She said: "It's a unique case in that it's the first one we've brought to the media where it's a British citizen and where the age difference is so small."

Ms Stirling continued: "We are not talking about any abuse or taking advantage of anyone.

"This is clearly just a case of two older teenagers, both of them now the same age, who have been caught up because a mother reported the behaviour."

She added: "This has gone absolutely viral and people just don't think it's fair.

"They are shocked that something that is absolutely legal in the UK could warrant 20 years in prison [in Dubai].

"That would ruin their their son's life, the whole family's lives. Is that worth it?"

Detained in Dubai was set up in 2008 and says it has contacted Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who is also Mr Fakana's MP.

'Generally legal'

Ms Stirling added: "UAE targets westerners for tourism, offers cheap flights, takes out expensive PR agents and marketing in newspapers but there's very little warning us about what what can happen to us if we go to Dubai.

"What sort of crimes can we be arrested for? Because if you look at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) website, it's nowhere near thorough enough."

The FCDO website guidance states: "Consensual sexual relationships between a male and female outside marriage are generally legal as long as both are over the age of 18 years.

"This includes extra-marital sexual relationships.

"If a person aged 18 or over has a sexual relationship with a person under 18 years old, they will be prosecuted for having a sexual relationship with a minor."

Pour one out for a fat one

tl;dr: she claimed to be an economist at a bank when she was actually tech support or something