Another Banned Gurkha

[Lonnie]

Another Gurkha, this one badly wounded fighting for this country, banned from coming here for medical treatment. This counties treatment of Gurkhas is digusting, makes me ashamed at times like this to be British. The regiment I was in, worked in conjunction with a Gurkha regiment in Hong Kong and Malaya, these soldiers are second to none, and are so proud to be in service for Britain, Surely they can expect better?.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/0 6/16/banned-from-britain-----89520-19305382/

[jno]

yes, it is disgraceful. In fact, I can see no reason why he shouldn't stay in this country for as long as he likes; he risked his life for it, after all.

[cruella]

Hi Lonnie,
I agree with you entirely. Those men were some of the bravest men we had fighting for this country and they deserve to be treated as any ex serviceman in this country is at the moment.
This appears to be the second Gurkha that had to fight to be allowed back to the UK.
They do deserve better and I sincerely hope they get the proper treatment that they require.

[Lonnie]

Hi jno and cruella,
Thanks for your responses, I would have thought, that after Tul Bahadur Pun, an exception would have been made for all foreign troops who have been injured while in the service of this country.

Sadly, not.

[VINNY100_2]

Unbelievable..!
The Gurkha's have fought alongside the British in many parts of the world and they have been one of the closest of friends and bravest of allies that Britain has known.My father was always telling me when I was a kid,how much he respected the Gurkhas.Whoever banned these brave and loyal people from having medical treatment,should have a kukris shoved up their ****.

[naomi24]

Absolutely shameful!!

[stokeace]

my brother served with the gurkahs in the falklands and he said they were the most fearsome warriors he had the pleasure to fight alongside and they are most certainly the most underestimated fighting force of the british army the treatment of these ex soldiers is shameful.the men walk for hundreds of miles over the himalayan mountains to serve the british army.if i were them i wouldnt bother.

[Joe_the_Lion]

There is nothing I can say to praise Gurkhas high enough. I am sure you know what these men do to honour our Queen. Their selection course alone will make most Paras cry in their mother's bosom. And their actual ongoing training will make Rambo tired.

I strongly envisage it is because Ghurkhas are peace loving Hindus as opposed to hate-fuelled muslims. Therefore Blair and his boyfriends, have nothing to fear from any political incorrectness or rebellion. He treats them relatively the same as he does decent hard-working middle class White Britain. That is appallingly.

[Lonnie]

I strongly feel that joe is correct in his summarisation of this whole thing. I have a really bad taste in my mouth,

It was only by chance I read this, picked the paper up on a train, today i'm going to write to my MP.

[Pippa68]

Absolutely disgusting.

I have nothing further to add, as the other posts have summed up my feelings on this matter. I shll now go off and cry.

[dyli795]

We'll just have to wait to read about the U-turn in the tabloids. But WHY ? How can a set of people as thick as this government insist on being, and exhibiting ( how can you blame 'em they're actualy proud of the fact ! ) be given the job of serving us in the administration of this country ?
See tabloids Monday or Tuesday, might drag on 'till Wednesday due to reasons we'll naver know why - because they're just too important for the general public to be privy to. Ho bloomin Humm

[jno]

I don't think it's anything to do with new Labour in particular, or with religion; as far as I know all British governments for decades have followed this unpleasant policy.

[Kathyan]

It amazes me when they say the the 'applicant hasn't proved sufficient ties to Britain'. As if putting your life on the line for the country isn't enough!

[chompu]

I wonder how many more there are that we haven't heard about. Disgraceful!

[mosesg]

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/gurkhas-rights

Go on to this site and sign the petition to give all Gurkas British Citizenship

[Reverandfunk]

Sounds about right. Refuse a hero treatment but bend over backwards for Eastern European Pikeys.

[NJOK]

I wondered how long it would take for someone to bring up immigrants.

But yes, it's a ridiculous, shameful state of affairs.

[Reverandfunk]

NJOK its a fair comparison.

Economic migrants who have nothing to offer get something and someone who was prepared to die for this country gets nothing. What's wrong with that statement?

[Whickerman]

shameful.

[sp1814]

Sorry to be thick - but what's a 'pikey'???

[jno]

a term of abuse, sp1814, mostly aimed at gypsies or the occasional chav who's gone downmarket. (One theory is they used to get casual work manning turnpikes, hence the name.) For many it is as offensive as 'queer' or the n-word, so others deliberately use it to cause offence. <waits for first use of the phrase PC, perhaps with 'gone mad' attached>