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Kemi Badenoch criticises Farage's "humiliating" offer to Trump on Chagos

Kemi Badenoch, a UK minister, criticised Nigel Farage's suggestion to offer the Chagos Islands to Donald Trump. Farage told a podcast he would trade the archipelago for Trump's silence on the Falkland Islands if he were prime minister. Badenoch called this "careless, loose talk" from someone wanting to manage national security.

By BriefTea Editorial · 14 October 2026 at 0:23

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