Nigel Farage says "Trump would love it” if he were US Ambassador and is "horrified" by Chagos plan

The UK government is scrambling to save its deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after criticism from the incoming Trump administration and the new Mauritian prime minister. Victoria Derbyshire speaks to Donald Trump's ally Nigel Farage who tells us the deal would damage Keir Starmer's relations with the president-elect, adding that the incoming president "would love it" if he were made the UK's Ambassador to the US.

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