Brits finally deem Gurkhas worthy of residency.

[Mr Crowley]

Some 27 Labour rebels joined opposition parties to vote for a Liberal Democrat motion to give all Gurkhas who have served in the British armed forces equal rights to settle in the UK.

The 21-vote defeat was a humiliating reverse for Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a boost for the troops from the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, who have pursued their demand for the right to settle through the courts over several years.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said: "People who are willing to die for our country should be allowed to live in our country. The Government must listen to Parliament and scrap these shameful rules immediately and grant justice without conditions to all retired Gurkhas."

The Home Office announced last week that strict criteria would be applied to settlement claims for ex-Gurkhas discharged before July 1997. Applicants are to be judged according to length of service, bravery medals and service-related medical conditions.

Campaigners argued this would allow only around 100 veterans out of a total 36,000, most of them officers, to settle.

Mr Brown warned that the UK could not afford the £1.4 billion annual cost of an open-door policy.

"We have got to balance our responsibilities to those who have served our country with the finance that we need to be able to meet these obligations and not therefore base our offer on money we cannot afford," he said.
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It only took them 100s of years of service to the crown to be deemed worthy of residency. This is a clear indication of, not only how little the Brits think of the foreign mercenaries that they recruit but also, how much trouble they are having recruiting new native soldiers and foreign mercenaries.

Deluded Paddies thinking about signing up as imperial mercenaries should take note.

[Dillinger]

Did anyone else see Joanna Lumley, when she nearly stabbed Cameron in the face at the press conference, after they handed her the Gurkha knife. Mad old bat waving a knife, it would have made for a classic You Tube moment.

[Mr Crowley]

Joanna Lumley's father served in a Gurkha regiment and she campaigned on behalf of those neglected by the Brits. Pity she hadn't taken Cameron out.

[Aindriu]

Joanna Lumley's father served in a Gurkha regiment and she campaigned on behalf of those neglected by the Brits. Pity she hadn't taken Cameron out.

I agree. She should used the kukri to cut his ear off.

[factual]

I thought Joanna Luley did an excellent campaigning job for the Gurkhas and did a lot to focus and express the public support for them that exists there in the UK.

[mutley]

27 labour rebels, Gordan is fooked

question is, who's going to go first Cowen or Brown? I know that the UK election is coming up first but will either of them make it to their full term?


Good result for the Gurka's, no suprise at the UK's original dismissivess of their service

[Partizan]

Well done to all, about time. The Gurkahs are excellent soldiers and the way they were treated was an absolute disgrace and highlighted the inherent institutional racism within the British armed forces.

For many of the surviving WW2 Gurkah vets, it will be justice at last who suffered and fought in Burma and North Africa. Well done lads.

[PaulMeyer]

Well done to all, about time. The Gurkahs are excellent soldiers and the way they were treated was an absolute disgrace and highlighted the inherent institutional racism within the British armed forces.

No it didn't you f*cking dick, the armed forces have no say in who is admitted to the UK, the Government of the day decide that, half-wit!

For many of the surviving WW2 Gurkah vets, it will be justice at last who suffered and fought in Burma and North Africa. Well done lads.

It's GURKHA, you tit, if you can't even spell the word why should we bother with your daft opinoins on the subject?

[PaulMeyer]

"It only took them 100s of years of service to the crown to be deemed worthy of residency. This is a clear indication of, not only how little the Brits think of the foreign mercenaries that they recruit but also, how much trouble they are having recruiting new native soldiers and foreign mercenaries.
Deluded Paddies thinking about signing up as imperial mercenaries should take note.

Yeah right, each year there are 231 vacancies in the British Brigade of Gurkhas and 14000 applicants. At present, something like 10% of the Regular Army is made up of soldiers from the Commomwealth and Republic of Ireland, go figure, as they say.

[Partizan]

No it didn't you f*cking dick, the armed forces have no say in who is admitted to the UK, the Government of the day decide that, half-wit!



It's GURKHA, you tit, if you can't even spell the word why should we bother with your daft opinoins on the subject?

fvck off you Brit imperialist apologist. It is well known that the British armed forces is rife with racism.