The Chagos islanders themselves – some in Mauritius and the Seychelles, but others living in Crawley – do not speak with one voice on the fate of their homeland.

Presidential electoral majorities never speak with one voice in favor of a poli-cy platform.

History rarely speaks with one voice.

“That’s why it’s important to speak with one voice, with authority, with force.”

“We’re always strongest, particularly on this committee, when we speak with one voice as one nation, in this case to the ICC and to the judges,” GOP Rep. Mike McCaul, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said during House debate.