MP calls for ‘self-determination’ for Chagos on eve of ‘Margaret Thatcher Day’

‘Y’ company of the 1st Battalion the Royal Hampshire Regiment ‘The Tigers’ surround Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse at Goose Green, East Falkland (PA Archive) - (PA Media)

An MP has urged the Government to confirm the “principle of self determination” for British overseas territories on the eve of Margaret Thatcher Day on the Falklands islands.

Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, linked the holiday to the Government’s deal to relinquish sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.