The dispute continued at the United Nations and in international courts for many years and this agreement was reached following two years of negotiations. Andrew harding has the details. A scattering of tiny islands deep in the Indian Ocean. British, for now, but after todays agreement, not for much longer. The Chagos Islands are all uninhabited, save for one, an important one, diego garcia. It is home to a big and secretive american military base. Today, britain agreed to hand the whole archipelago over to mauritius, but crucially, The Americans will remain in place. This is a very, very important agreement between our countries. Crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies and has been reached in full agreement with the united states retaining the crucial base on diego garcia. Also closes down a potential route for migrants. But some have warned that china could exploit the deal to extend its influence. It is over half a century since the in
From each one and James Cleverly vowing to sell the benefits of conservativism with a smile. He talked about positivity as the person who talked before him, Tom Tugendhat, had. He went further and tugendhat, had. He went furtherand told tugendhat, had. He went further and told the tories, they need to be more normal, as he put it. He talked about such a wide range of different issues. His wife and how she battled cancer, and how the nhs was wonderful when she needed it, and he talked about some of the achievements of the conservative government. He also talked about his time in government. Lets talk to our Correspondent Listening in. Damian, what do you take from James Cleverly . It felt like it went on for more than 20 minutes, im not sure if itjust felt like that. I sure if it just felt like that. I think its dead. We were not tailing exactly. We think it went on for maybe 30 minutes we were not i think it did, we were not timing exactly. You could hear some of the moments were clear
The business of the future, i am in the business of the future, i am in the business of the future. We need to reject this 1970s attitude that decline is somehow inevitable but perhaps we should just that perhaps we should just that perhaps we should just that perhaps we should just fall off the purchase slowly off the perch. We need to direct our view to the road ahead, not the rear view mirror. So, conference, how are we going to face the great challenges of our time . The way we always have done when we succeed, by being forced off again by succeed, by being forced off again by being for stuff again. We gave the world the vaccine twice, the steam engine, the light bulb, the world wide web, the tank, the people who split the atom. We need more, yes, we can, both from our party and from our country. We need to build more homes so we can build a new generation of optimism in the tradition of mcmillan and thatcher. We need to cut the cost of childcare so people can build a family. We ne
Words and little action. That is part of the reason we are where we are. You know that i will take a stand. You saw me take a stand last year. And frankly, it is the only reason why i won my seat at the general election against all the polls and the pundits. The only seat that our party won in the whole of nottinghamshire and derbyshire, because my constituents, to whom i owe so much, knew that i took a stand. Forthem, owe so much, knew that i took a stand. For them, for the country, for the change we need. So, today, let me set out five changes that this new Conservative Party must make. Five stands that this new Conservative Party will take. And let me begin with this one. We must take a stand to secure our borders. We must secure our borders. Applause 120,000 people have entered our country on small boats on our watch. 99 of them are still here costing us billions. Frankly, there is no future for this party unless we take a stand to answer this problem. And the way to do that, we al
Conservatives, elected to conserve what is great about our country. We cannot survive as the left denigrate our history and pull down our monuments. We must not be afraid as we were in batley, we must not be afraid to get involved where a teacher was driven into hiding by islamist thugs or when the very worst crimes were committed, when young girls were groomed and raped four years in rotherham and rochdale, and nothing happened for years. Rochdale, and nothing happened foryears. Nothing rochdale, and nothing happened for years. Nothing happened because those in charge were scared of being called racists, and then the system hid behind the human Rights Act and failed to deport the child abusers and allowed them to walk the streets where their victims live. Well, enough. I am where their victims live. Well, enough. Iam not where their victims live. Well, enough. I am not afraid. This stealthy poisoning of our society needs to stop. The Liberal Democrats are not going to defend our count