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    Gurkhas

    Nick Clegg's proposing a vote tomorrow condemning the treatment of the Gurkhas. If anyone feels strongly enough on this issue, can you write to your MP. It's easy to do. Click here enter your postcode and it'll enable you to write a short message to them. If you want to copy and paste my message, it's below:

    Dear xxxx,

    On Friday, the Government badly let down the Gurkhas. The new rules
    they have announced will exclude the huge majority of ex-Gurkhas who
    retired before 1997 from claiming citizenship in this country. They've
    given five bullet points that virtually cannot be met by the ordinary
    Gurkha soldier.

    It is so obvious that the treatment of the Gurkhas has been a great
    injustice. To treat them like this is despicable.

    Nick Clegg has agreed to put a vote to Parliament this Wednesday
    calling for a fair deal for Gurkhas. I would ask that you support this
    motion.

    Yours sincerely,

    xxxxxx
    (taken from Jo L's e-mail)

    Support Our Troops
    "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

    On them! On them! They fail!

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    NL are bound to give in. They love immigration and can't get enough of "new labour". The Ghurkas are presumably being used a high profile smokescreen by Labour to give the impression that they are being tough on immigration.

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      Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
      NL are bound to give in. They love immigration and can't get enough of "new labour". The Ghurkas are presumably being used a high profile smokescreen by Labour to give the impression that they are being tough on immigration.
      Part of the cynic inside me actually reckons it's because they're ex forces and NL know they haven't got a cats chance in hell of getting their vote. My experience of the forces has always led me to find that 95% of their members will vote Tory purely for the efforts of Mrs.T.
      "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

      On them! On them! They fail!

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