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Old 31-05-2007, 21:29   #12
West Ender
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Re: Crazy country this or what ???

I'm normally disparaging of anyone who tries to come here to take advantage of our NHS etc. but I make an exception for the Ghurkas. We had a family friend who fought alongside them in Burma from 1940 to 1945 and he couldn't speak too highly of them. They helped to save our troops from the Japanese and we've treated them like dirt ever since.

It's disgraceful that Eastern Europeans can arrive on our doorsteps and claim every Benefit going while these brave old men are discarded like rubbish. Please don't misunderstand me, the Poles are a bit different, they come here to work and they are, on the whole, honest and hard-working but they too did the same thing in WW2, they were brave men who fought for us. It's the rest who make me angry, arriving on our shores to milk everything they can from us while we tell the Ghurkas to "sod off".

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be English.
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