Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel rejected the idea that the Tories did not successfully force the government to back down on the transfer of Chagos Island to Mauritius - and that Donald Trump was responsible. "No - I have to say that's just wrong. I've led the work on this since last year, since this whole Treaty that went through parliament - it didn't actually go through parliament scrutiny and we thrashed the government on that" "And made it perfectly clear that we are unhappy about that - and it was through forensic scrutiny, over 160 parliamentary questions forcing debates which the government did not want - really putting them under scrutiny". Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/tories-claim-government-in-retreat-on-chagos-surrender-after-donald-trump-broadside-13498208 #skynews #uknews #politics #conservativeparty #government #donaldtrump #chagosislands SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales