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Originally Posted by Mancie
this has been going on for years...until the Tories were kicked out in 1997 Ghurkars did not have the right to reside in the UK... the law was changed by this government to allow Ghurkas this right... but it was not retrospective and so those who left the armed forces before 1998 did not get the same rights... which is wrong and the Government should not oppose any Ghurkas having the right to live here.
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Fair enough, Mancie. Must admit I hadn't thought about that. Wondered why the Tories were being so quiet about it!
However, all the more reason for this present lot to right past wrongs and restore just a little bit of this country's honour!