The Mirror says Labour has settled one of the last remaining wrongs of British colonial rule and by handing back the islands, it has strengthened our standing globally:

The government has finally put right one of the last wrongs remaining from British colonial rule.

In the 1960s we severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius and then expelled hundreds of islanders so we could lease the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia to the US military.

This was later judged illegal by the international courts and criticised by the UN. Now, at last, we have agreed to hand the islands back to Mauritius.

Confected Tory anger at this should be dismissed as the hypocritical rantings of a party which still hankers after empire. Talks to return the islands began under the previous government, whose former ministers now condemn the deal.

There are no security concerns as the US base is not affected. Indeed, the White House has welcomed the agreement. Labour has not weakened our standing overseas. If anything, by resolving a dispute which should have been settled years ago, it has enhanced it.