Mauritius’s government spreading false history and propaganda again? Election season is coming.
The islands themselves were never inhabited by Mauritians, by the time the French landed on them they had no record of any indigenous population that wasn’t settlers from India. It was Madagascans that were brought over to work in the Chagos islands and by Mauritius’ own historical admission they had no idea the islands existed.
The French eventually seceded the Chagos islands to the British where they eventually returned islands to their rightful owners who had viable claim and proof of inhabitancy i.e. Seychelles.
The only reason Mauritius’ government are claiming they own them is because Seychelles got land back which they rightfully owned, by the time the island was inhabited by the French the Mauritians didn’t have the boats or navigational equipment to even find them without French, British or Indian maps.
Their only ‘claim’ to the islands is that the Mauritius constitution says they own it, and there are British/French buildings on the islands that are older than anything Mauritius can prove.
>! On a side note that “US base” they’re complaining about has done nothing but charity work in preventing their imports from India from being attacked lmao!<
The sun never sets on the British post-empire. Literally.
We really are making friends this week, aren’t we?
I think we’re seeing the election strategy of a party that has nothing left but jingoism to offer. “Do you hate foreigners? Well, we made sure they hate us too! Vote for us or Keir Starmer will be all friendly with them!”
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Mauritius’s government spreading false history and propaganda again? Election season is coming.
The islands themselves were never inhabited by Mauritians, by the time the French landed on them they had no record of any indigenous population that wasn’t settlers from India. It was Madagascans that were brought over to work in the Chagos islands and by Mauritius’ own historical admission they had no idea the islands existed.
The French eventually seceded the Chagos islands to the British where they eventually returned islands to their rightful owners who had viable claim and proof of inhabitancy i.e. Seychelles.
The only reason Mauritius’ government are claiming they own them is because Seychelles got land back which they rightfully owned, by the time the island was inhabited by the French the Mauritians didn’t have the boats or navigational equipment to even find them without French, British or Indian maps.
Their only ‘claim’ to the islands is that the Mauritius constitution says they own it, and there are British/French buildings on the islands that are older than anything Mauritius can prove.
>! On a side note that “US base” they’re complaining about has done nothing but charity work in preventing their imports from India from being attacked lmao!<
The sun never sets on the British post-empire. Literally.
We really are making friends this week, aren’t we?
I think we’re seeing the election strategy of a party that has nothing left but jingoism to offer. “Do you hate foreigners? Well, we made sure they hate us too! Vote for us or Keir Starmer will be all friendly with them!”