Retired Royal Navy Officer Rear Admiral Chris Parry has hit out at Keir Starmer's Chagos deal after the lawyer who secured the agreement was exposed for hailing the "humiliation" of Britain.

Philippe Sands KC, a friend of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, spoke of being celebrated for defeating the UK in the UN’s courts during a talk in 2024.

Speaking in Cambridge, Sands claimed: "It’s a really fantastic thing about Britain that I think it’s probably the only country in the world where when you’ve been to an international court against your own country, won, and humiliated them completely, they still celebrate you and that is special."

Discussing the relations between Starmer and Sands on GB News, Parry claimed that the system is "end-to-end corrupted" by the fact that they know each other.

Rear Admiral Chris Parry accused the Chagos deal of being 'end-to-end corrupt'

Parry said of Sands: "It's very interesting that he says it's great about being able to humiliate Britain, because he very forcibly says he doesn't identify as British or as a Londoner or as a Jew, which is what he is.

"He says he's just Philippe Sands, and to me that just screams narcissistic projection, to tell you the truth.

"And I'm afraid to say that every single case he has been involved in, except for the very good work he's done in terms of genocide and against fascist regimes and things like that, have all been about trying to limit Britain's power in the world and to essentially erode our instruments of power."

Hitting out at the deal, Parry added: "On the Chagos deal, I'm afraid to say he's involved in a very serious conflict of interest.

"He's friends with Lord Hermer, he's friends with the Prime Minister, and so the whole system, end to end, is corrupted by the fact that these people know each other.

"If this were a financial deal, we'd be screaming insider dealing, corruption and everything."

Philippe Sands discussed being celebrated for defeating and ‘humiliating’ the UK in the UN’s courts during a talk in 2024

Highlighting the relations between Russia and Mauritius that are already happening following the deal's confirmation, Parry stated: "I'm afraid to say that this is a gross act of strategic illiteracy in giving up the Chagos Islands.

"To give you an example, the very same day that our Prime Minister signed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, Mauritius agreed with Russia a marine exploration agreement, which allows the Russians to conduct marine exploration all around the Chagos Islands.

"And frankly, if the intelligence agencies didn't pick that up, then they need a thorough purging."

Offering a defence for the Prime Minister, host Tom Harwood reiterated Starmer's claims that he has "not spoken to Sands" since becoming Britain's leader.

Tom told Parry: "It must be said that Keir Starmer denies having even met with Philippe Sands since becoming Prime Minister, despite their friendship, despite having gone to football matches together in the past and all the rest of it.

Parry told GB News that the Chagos deal 'smacks of conspiracy'

"He says that he hasn't spoken to Philippe Sands about Chagos since becoming Prime Minister and said that on the record in Parliament."

However, Tom then suggested: "But I wonder, the Government seems to be trying to spin this deal as something that has secured our base in the in the Indian Ocean, not just for the next 99 years, but also an exclusion zone around it so that the Chinese can't build any competitive bases or oversee our operations."

Parry responded: "I'm afraid the Prime Minister's not known for actually telling us things straight. There are a number of other areas, like £22billion black holes that come to mind. I'm afraid to say the security implications of this are very flimsy.

"There was no screaming reason why we had to actually sign over in such haste. I'm afraid this is a stitch-up deal, and I don't care whether the Prime Minister says he hasn't spoken to Philippe Sands since he became Prime Minister.

"I have absolutely no doubt that he talked to him about this issue a lot beforehand. And that smacks of conspiracy."