At long last, after concerted and repeated efforts by huge numbers of their electors, and after a couple of brazen attempts to fudge the issue, the UK Government has finally done the decent thing and fixed the outrageous rules which denied thousands of people the right to live in the country for which they had fought and risked their lives.
Quite how any decent human being could have denied the Gurkhas this right for so long is utterly beyond me, and it is a shame that the current crop of politicians had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this decision, but thanks largely to the indefatigable efforts of Ms Joanna Lumley it seems that finally justice has been done. The cynic in me is trying to find the get out clause in the latest announcement, but there doesn’t appear to be one, so they could actually mean it this time.
May 22, 2009 at 16:36
I think the get-out clause is that most of them are octogenarians.
May 23, 2009 at 13:43
It applies to anyone who retired prior to the Gurkhas moving their HQ from HK to the UK, which was only 10 years ago, so plenty could still be in their 50s or even 40s.
May 23, 2009 at 14:54
AND their families!!