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Pete Eckersley
@peckersley.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Public Policy & Management, Nottingham Trent University. Managing Editor, Local Government Studies.
Own views on sustainability, local governance and public policy in the UK & Germany. Plus, occasionally, cricket
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Definitely here for factoids like this 👇
Fun fact: this means the sun will finally set on the British Empire. Once handed to Mauritius there will be a point in the day in which all remaining British colonial possessions (and Britain itself) will be in darkness. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.
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Pete Eckersley
@peckersley.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Public Policy & Management, Nottingham Trent University. Managing Editor, Local Government Studies.
Own views on sustainability, local governance and public policy in the UK & Germany. Plus, occasionally, cricket
237 followers375 following52 posts