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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff. Tongue usually in cheek. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
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A competitive tax regime. No-one lives there due to the deliberate result of British policy!
Handed to a “China ally” (who letting India build a base there), which could mean China getting a strategic foothold there (they have several, and no, it won’t).
And as an aside, Mauritius is (or at least was) the responsibly run competitive tax haven! We're literally giving it to one!
Population of Chagos islands: 0 people, the head offices of 450 multinationals
The UK Government committed what could reasonably be called *a crime against humanity* (under the Nuremberg definition) but this hardly ever gets mentioned.
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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff. Tongue usually in cheek. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
17.9k followers1.7k following20.7k posts