THIS IS ABSOLUTLEY DISGRACEFUL

[DuncaninFrance]

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Anyone think of a way we could help?

[Tom-May]

Unfortunately, petitions don't work [s]Cyclop[/s] Brown just ignores them - the only way can think of is to 'e-mail-bomb' selected Cabinet Ministers and MPs with a barrage of polite but firm posts expressing dissatisfaction with the situation and demanding action, perhaps with the posts co-ordinated to arrive from as many senders as possible in a short period (about the time of a cabinet re-shuffle should get their attention )

Juat a thought.

Tom[/b]

[DuncaninFrance]

http://www.vchero.co.uk/

Get writing

I just sent this.

I am ashamed to be English............

...............at this moment. I cannot understand why you and the British Government are so set upon this inhuman and vitriolic persecution of soldiers so loyal to the Crown and to Britain.

Is it not obvious that these men have served our country loyally and selflessly in the past? Is it not obvious to you and your colleges that these brave men have been and are an asset to this country unlike some malingering illegal immigrants and terrorists that are not being deported because it might infringe their 'human rights'!!

I cannot comprehend the reasoning behind this cowardly and inhumane policy and I urge you to re-consider your position with immediate effect - you are in a minority and you are without honour..........

Yours in disgust

Duncan Andrews

1 Les Caillards, 33390 St Androny, France

Served in the Royal Naval Reserve and 3rd Btn The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

[PeterN2]

I have sent an email also. I cannot understand why the idiots in power who want to deny the right of ex Gurkha soldiers to live here cannot see that what they do is wrong.

Regards

Peter.

[dhtaxi]

I also cannot understand why the arseholes in power and the British justice system allow this to go through the courts.

I hope you guys over the pond and around the world are following this Great Britain what a farce the country is F--ck--d.

A illegal imigrant has more rights than these guys.

We give terorists more help than we give gentlemen who have defended our country.

It makes me want to be sick.

[Woftam]

I'm gunna have to stick to one word- SHAMEFUL. Being more eloquent might get me in trouble with the moderators due to language used.

[DuncaninFrance]

Don't be sick DH - be supportive and e.mail the buggers

[Aughnanure]

I just sent the following:

"One can only say how appalled one is at the treatment, by the present British Government, of such loyal soldiers as the Gurkhas have been to Britain.

I am proud of my British heritage, my traceable ancestry streatches back into the mists of our recorded history, among my ancestors I can count many who were villainous, treacherous and, when it suited them, murderous but most of them had one redeaming feature; they stuck by their friends and loyal followers.

Why can your Government not do the same for those who have proven themselves on so many battle fields to be more than loyal?

Can you not find it in your hearts to be as loyal to them as they have been to you?

Eoin O'Flathartaigh Mhic Ruari."

[Niner]

I remember a tiger scout in Vietnam. He was a former VC who walked point and advised. He killed, while I was there at least, a half dozen of his former comrades one on one. He was one tough fighter...but he got wounded eventually and although slightly...left the company and just drifted off.

I often wondered what happened to him after the US pulled out of Vietnam. Guess there wasn't any long term future for him and probably a quick demise. Likely anyway.

I can understand what this sting is about even though I have no dog in this fight.

[DuncaninFrance]

By Peter Griffiths Reuters - 1 hour 1 min ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Gurkha soldiers cheered and waved their regiment's flag outside the High Court in London on Tuesday after they won a long-running fight to secure the right to retire in Britain.

Members of the famous unit, which has fought for Britain since 1815, most recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, overturned an earlier ruling that meant those who retired before 1997 had no automatic right to live in Britain.

All other foreign soldiers in the British Army can settle in Britain after four years' service anywhere in the world. About 2,000 Gurkhas are affected by the current rules. High Court judge Mr Justice Blake ruled that instructions given by the Home Office to immigration officials were unlawful and must be changed.

"Today is a wonderful, terrific victory day for the Gurkhas of Nepal," said lawyer Martin Howe, who represented them. "It is a victory for common sense, it is a victory for fairness."

Dozens of Gurkhas and their supporters gathered outside court waving the regiment's green flag, which bears two kukris, a traditional Nepalese curved knife.

They gave three cheers for actress Joanna Lumley, who supported their campaign because her father was a member of the regiment.

"This day is more important than I can tell you," she said. "It gives our country the chance to right a great wrong and to wipe out a national shame."

During the hearing, their barrister Edward Fitzgerald said a decision to bar Gurkhas because they were based in Hong Kong until the territory was returned to China in 1997 was unfair.

He rejected government claims that they did not have close links with Britain.

After the ruling, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the rules would be rewritten.

"In light of the court's ruling we will revise and publish new guidance," she said. "We will honour our commitment to the Gurkhas by reviewing all cases by the end of the year." The Ministry of Defence made no comment on the ruling.

Gurkhas were first recruited by colonial rulers in India in the 19th century as a "martial race" known for their bravery.

BLOODY HURRAY!