{"id":311382,"date":"2026-01-21T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-accuses-badenoch-of-naked-opportunism-by-backing-trump-on-chagos-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:00:54","slug":"starmer-accuses-badenoch-of-naked-opportunism-by-backing-trump-on-chagos-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-accuses-badenoch-of-naked-opportunism-by-backing-trump-on-chagos-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer accuses Badenoch of naked opportunism by backing Trump on Chagos deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dZsWG6eDTjc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Starmer accuses Badenoch of naked opportunism by backing Trump on Chagos deal\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZsWG6eDTjc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has accused the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, of putting &#8216;naked opportunism over national interest&#8217; by siding with Donald Trump over the UK&#8217;s deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at PMQs, Keir Starmer said the US president was taking a stance on the deal to defend his argument on Greenland. 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