You can thank Liz Truss for the issue with the Chagos Islands.
The previous Conservative government commenced the process and negotiated the deal. Sunak was smart enough to matters and then call a snap election enabling him to pass the poison chalice on.
The same also with the Chinese embassy; it was Boris Johnson, when Foreign Secretary, that asked his aide to assist the Chinese and recommend a site. Yet again, the inept and ineffective Conservative government kicked the can down the road.
I did not vote for the Labour Party but without doubt they have been left to deal with so many issues that the previous government failed to tackle. And they are doing it at a time when billionaires and corporations with vested interests control our media.
Keir Starmer, as a KC and an ex-DPP, could earn millions in the private sector. He must feel a strong pull to public service to put himself through this, otherwise why bother.
Just look across the pond at the US, Trump has used public office to enrich himself in a way that redefines greed.