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Why has the press willfully ignored this startling revelation. At Emily Thorbberry's Foreign Affairs select committee hearing last week, Morgan McSweeney admitted Jonathan Powell was NOT vetted when he was appointed National Security Advisor on the 8th of November 2024. Has a D Notice been issued? Are journalists scared of investigating why Powell wasn't vetted when he was negotiating changing the status of the joint UK/US military base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago? Normally, such a project would automatically be given a Top Secret UK Blue Eyes Only security classification. However, Powell was working, unknown to Parliament, the press, and public, as Starmer's Special Chagos Envoy from at least the 2nd of August 2024. His appointment was only officially announced on the 6th of September, and even then, the information had to be dragged out of Number 10. This is VERY serious business, giving away Chagos, where a strategically important joint UK/US military base is located, is not only a matter of the UK's national security, but also of America's, NATO's and the West's security. We know that Powell was working on Chagos since the 2nd of August from emails between the FCDO and Powell's own private company email address which he used extensively for Chagos business, for sending and receiving documents, and he even forwarded some emails to his employees at his consultancy Inter Mediate. We also know Powell made several trips to China before he started work on Chagos, and after the 6th of September. When Powell met FCDO civil servants on the 2nd of August 2024, that meeting must have been arranged beforehand; when was it arranged, and by whom? When was Powell given the Chagos Envoy role, and were there any earlier meetings with officials than the one on the 2nd of August? Jonathan Powell is still working on Chagos. On Wednesday the 22nd of April 2026 during a phone call, Powell reassured Mauritius Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, that the UK remained committed to the Chagos deal. Why are the press running scared of properly reporting on Jonathan Powell?

Chagos wasn't mentioned in the 2024 Election, but one of Starmer's first acts as Prime Minister was to make Tony Blair's fixer, Jonathan Powell, his Special Envoy for Chagos. Despite the huge international security implications, without informing Parliament, without the country having the slightest idea he wanted to give away British territory where a vital joint UK/US base is located, Starmer tasked the unvetted Powell with making the arrangements to transfer Chagos to Mauritius. Powell has extensive contacts with China going back to 1985, when as a desk officer for the Foreign Office, he worked on the hand over of Hong Kong. in the ensuing years, Powel has been a frequent visitor to China. Powell's first known meeting with FCDO officials as Chagos Envoy was on 2nd August 2024. He was using his own private company email for Chagos business, receiving and sending government documents, and even forwarding some emails to employees at his private consultancy Inter Mediate, before it was officially announced he was Envoy for Chagos on the 6th of September 2024. Powell, who still didn't have developed vetting, was appointed Starmer's National Security Advisor on the 8th of November, just three days after Donald Trump was elected president. Powell is still working on Chagos, and just last week, on Wednesday April 22nd 2026, he reaffirmed the UK's commitment to Starmer's Chagos deal during a telephone conversation with Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. https://t.co/H1aXkAjL40