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Is anyone else pleased at the government's defeat over the question of allowing Gurkha veterans to settle in UK?


Given their years of devoted service to the British Army it seems absurd to deny Gurkha veterans the right to live here and use UK services thru' pettifogging bureaucracy and civil service rules.


I have been lucky enough to meet some Gurkha soldiers and their children who were at school with mine. Those I have met are charming, hard working and totally loyal to Britain as well as being some of the finest fighting men in the world. Of the children - one is studying medicine, another dentistry and the third economics. Their presence in UK can only benefit the country.


Politically GB has made another major error in supporting Phil Woolas and the Home Office over this matter. He is beginning to seem accident prone - always dangerous for a politician.

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It was a mean spirited approach and one that seemed to completely miss the general feeling on the matter. The Home Office is clearly twitchy about the numbers involved (a max of what 35,000?). I wonder how many more Gurkhas have been killed in the service of the Crown?

Delighted for The Gurkha veterans.


Embarassing that their case should ever be contested, The Government got this so wrong.


They risks their lives for Britain and the whole Country was behind them.


Good to hear an inspiring Immigration Story after reading so many negative comments about Britain on other Websites from people who choose to reside here.

I hope I'm not spoiling it for anyone but the concluding paragraph is beautiful:


A Downing Street spokesman later added: "We've put the country ?1.4 trillion in debt, government ministers are chin-deep in sleaze and the cops are beating merry hell out of everyone. We just felt that the obvious next step was to tell thousands of heroic soldiers to go fuck themselves."

Moos Wrote:

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> I hope I'm not spoiling it for anyone but the

> concluding paragraph is beautiful:

>

> A Downing Street spokesman later added: "We've put

> the country ?1.4 trillion in debt, government

> ministers are chin-deep in sleaze and the cops are

> beating merry hell out of everyone. We just felt

> that the obvious next step was to tell thousands

> of heroic soldiers to go @#$%& themselves."


lol...Very amoosing..:)

Alan's a bit extreme, but does have a point.


You can't just let in the Gurkhas, you have to let in the family too, and they're extended. Mebbe 100,000 to 200,000. They may be over in a snap of your fingers.


Also there's no evidence the Gurkhas fought for the Crown, more for the cash. Being a mercenary doesn't mean you share the culture, beliefs and secularism of the UK. Quite the opposite if Mark Thatcher's anything to go by.


Nepal's got a squiffy little civil war running at the moment with fundamentalist Maoists. You would be daft to imagine that the convictions of the combatants evaporate when faced with McDonalds.


It may of course all be fine, but it would be unreasonable to think that's a given.

Huguenot, how utterly mean spirited of you, I can only assume AD was being tongue in cheek.


It may be worth noting that our armed forces are under staffed and recruitment is at rock bottom, so if anything offering a stake in this society that the Nepalese, Fijians et al that this country is increasingly dependent on and are fighting for, may just be sensible pragmatic incentive.


This was such a political miscalculation by this government who had little to gain but so much political capital to lose. Just goes to highlight their general levels of incompetence really.

mockney piers Wrote:

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> It may be worth noting that our armed forces are under staffed


Second largest force in Europe apparently... second only to Russia. Under-staffed for our current activities, perhaps, but not for the size of our country. Why does Britain feel the need to impose itself on the world stage so much more than other European nations do?

Yes thats the point popalopodis ! you enjoy your Bound Fruits and the youth will get themselves shanked on the fringes of ED and every now and then they will pop in in gangs of 5, mug you all for a few weeks and then read about their handywork on here !!! Thank god i live in my beautiful Nunhead, Barry road, Coldharbour lane it aint ! When you have finished tying up your fruity friends pop over one day - cemetry open day on the 16th of May, i will be there with my Bees and my Owls x

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