Ben Leo warns US fury may derail Starmer’s Chagos handover
GB News host Ben Leo warns US fury could derail Starmer’s plan to hand over Chagos.
On 31 January 2026, GB News presenter Ben Leo criticised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s proposal to hand over the Chagos Islands, a British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, to the United States. Leo warned that increasing anger in Washington could ‘torpedo’ the plan, effectively ending the UK’s control of the archipelago. The Chagos Islands, home to the Royal Navy’s Cocos (Keeling) base, have been a subject of international dispute since 1965, when Britain withdrew the native population. Starmer’s stance, described by Leo as “insane”, has sparked debate over decolonisation and strategic partnership with the US. The comment underscores mounting diplomatic pressure from the US to influence UK policy.
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