Gurkhas Win - Page 2

jaysay · 24-04-2009, 09:31

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I hate to say I told you so...but I told you so.

BBC NEWS | UK | More Gurkhas can settle in the UK

A bit of good news in the ever gloomy days of bad news

Wynonie Harris · 24-04-2009, 09:39

Jaysay, read the small print, then tell me it's good news!

Studio25 · 24-04-2009, 09:56

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Jaysay, read the small print, then tell me it's good news!

agreed

Royboy39 · 24-04-2009, 10:07

I understand that only 100 of these lads will qualify under the new criteria.
45000 of these lads lost for their lives in the service of this country.
Disgusting and typical of this awful bunch of incompetants.

cashman · 24-04-2009, 10:14

disgraceful but unsurprising.

jaysay · 24-04-2009, 10:15

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Jaysay, read the small print, then tell me it's good news!

Sorry Wynonie, I just read your post and didn't think they could be so crass, saw Joanna Lumley on TV this morning and she was optimistic, would appear that they can't get anything right, but they are only to willing to let so called asylum seekers stay here even if there application is refused. just wish I was 40 years younger I'd be joining Eric in Canada this country's shot at

Benipete · 24-04-2009, 10:17

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Originally Posted by jambutty

Agreed! And not before time too.

But they haven’t actually won anything except the right to seek a judicial review.

Now watch Labour try and wriggle out of it.

How right you were with the last comment,makes me ashamed to be British.

Wynonie Harris · 24-04-2009, 10:17

Knew this would happen with this set of deceitful, headline-spinning nonentities.

BBC NEWS | UK | Fury over Gurkha settlement plan

cashman · 24-04-2009, 10:25

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Originally Posted by jaysay

A bit of good news in the ever gloomy days of bad news

this is a great reason to vote conservative! ya only see what ya want to see.

BERNADETTE · 24-04-2009, 11:54

I agree with the solicitors comment "they should hang their heads in shame"

jaysay · 24-04-2009, 16:14

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Originally Posted by cashman

this is a great reason to vote conservative! ya only see what ya want to see.

You stop it off

Royboy39 · 24-04-2009, 16:59

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Originally Posted by jaysay

You stop it off

John..................you must get a new keyboard.

SPUGGIE J · 24-04-2009, 17:30

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

I agree with the solicitors comment "they should hang their heads in shame"

I am with that comment.

Sadley though the administration is so wired up to cloud cukoo land and suported by the airy fairy brigade that they would walk around with there heads held high. Add to that the worst case of selective deafness around and we are in the poo poo. They were quite happy to have the gurkas bolster the British army but when it comes to the crunch they are treated like the dog muck on the bottem of their highly polished, expensive shoes.

What do they think the gurkha's of the past were military slaves, convinient cannon fodder or both? Let them the pre "97" troops have the same rights that Commonwealth troops are afforded. The fact that they were based in Hong Kong has in my oppinion nothing to do with the issue as Hong Kong was a Crown colony protectorate or whatever it was and therefore British. Would they do that to any soldier that had been based at Gib if Gib was handed back to Spain?

gbell · 24-04-2009, 17:46

Sorry, dont celebrate yet.
The news only applies to men with 20 years or more service.
The ordinary Gurkha can only achieve 15 years so it does not apply to them.
Yes, it should apply to all Gurkhas,not just officers.

Any British soldier will tell you the worth of Johhny Gurkha.

We have a lot to be thankful for.

SPUGGIE J · 24-04-2009, 17:51

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Originally Posted by gbell

Sorry, dont celebrate yet.
The news only applies to men with 20 years or more service.
The ordinary Gurkha can only achieve 15 years so it does not apply to them.
Yes, it should apply to all Gurkhas,not just officers.

Any British soldier will tell you the worth of Johhny Gurkha.

We have a lot to be thankful for.

To the above point how many officers are Gurkha as oppossed to British Officers? Think its a case of one of the largest body swerves around!!!!