'What's the delay?!' Labour minister skewered on 'dud' Chagos surrender deal in fiery GB News clash

GB News host Camilla Tominey has grilled Labour's Stephen Kinnock in a fiery clash over the Government's Chagos surrender deal.

Following the latest criticisms by US President Donald Trump about the UK's surrender of the territory, the Secretary of State for Wales was quizzed on why Prime Minister Andy Burnham is yet to bin the deal.

Meeting for the first time at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Prime Minister appeared visibly uncomfortable as Mr Trump branded the Chagos deal "terrible".

He said: "It's a terrible deal, I don't support it. Most of them say they have ownership. Somebody has ownership that never showed up before after decades and centuries. I think it's ridiculous."

Discussing Mr Trump's remarks, Mr Kinnock argued that the US President was once "in support" of the deal, but then "changed his mind".

He told GB News: "On Chagos, we've made it clear that we need to go ahead with the support of the United States.

"We had the support of the United States at first, then President Trump changed his mind, and now we have to kind of adapt."

Interjecting Mr Kinnock, Camilla then asked: "If you don't have the US President's support, let's be honest, he did say in front of Andy Burnham in New York earlier this week the deal is terrible and ridiculous.

"The deal needs to be junked - what's the delay?"

Mr Kinnock responded: "Well, trade offs, because that is an incredibly important military base. We've got to be able to bring the United States with us.

"The President of the United States initially supported the deal that was done under the previous administration, under Keir Starmer's premiership, and his position, the President's position, has now changed."

Challening the Labour minister further, Camilla argued that if the deal was dropped, the UK would have "control of the base" with their "ally" the US being able to use it.

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Camilla pressed Mr Kinnock: "But if you ditch the deal, you have control of the base. You're going to allow America as an ally to use Diego Garcia, that gets preserved, nothing changes.

"And by the way, you're not going to be paying £36billion to the Americans to give away our sovereign territory. Anyone objectively looking at this deal thinks it's a dud - why can't Andy Burnham see that right now rather than delaying the decision?"

Mr Kinnock told GB News: "Well, what he's made clear is following his discussions with President Trump, we are having to review it. We're having to look at it.

"We're being very straight with people about that. We need to ensure that we go forward with the United States on that deal on growth."

Discussing the work in his devolved nation of Wales, Mr Kinnock assured that millions is being invested in creating jobs and strengthening several industries.

He said: "I'm the Secretary of State for Wales, £2.5billion of investment going into a small modular reactors program, thousands of jobs in North Wales.

"There's £14billion going into the Welsh rail industry, £500million into the electric arc furnace and the Port Talbot steelworks.

"I could go on. That is about industrialisation, rebuilding our manufacturing base, bringing good jobs back to every Welsh postcode, and that is the Prime Minister's number one priority."