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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 06:58 PM
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Year end kudos to Joanna Lumley and what she did for the Gurkhas.
Good for her - and them.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lumley-joy-as-gurkhas-win-total-victory-1688771.html

Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley paid tribute to Prime Minister Gordon Brown today as she hailed the decision to allow all Gurkha veterans to come to Britain.

The move, announced in the Commons by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, means thousands of Gurkhas who retired before 1997 will be given settlement rights.

Lumley said: "I would like to pay tribute to Gordon Brown the Prime Minister, a brave man who has made today a brave decision on behalf of the bravest of the brave.

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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-20-09 03:58 AM
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1. Agree.
If you are seen as British enough to risk your life for Britain, you are British enough to be entitled to live in Britain.

The government should have seen sense on this much earlier. Good for Joanna Lumley!
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