The UK Declines Direct Rule Over British Virgin Islands
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This is a story about second chances.
A damning report commissioned by the British government and published in April found widespread corruption in the mostly autonomous territory of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), and called for the suspension of its constitution, the cessation of its elected officials, and the imposition of direct UK rule. But on Wednesday, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary Liz Truss opted instead to give the territory's newly reformed government two more years to clean up its politics. We'll call this a reverse declaration of independence.
Source Fool.com
