Justice is done.
What a great moment and I'm glad for once a celebrity and the Press have helped make things right.

To be fair, the present government is the first to allow ANY Gurkhas rights to stay in the UK, this should be something the government should be able to use to their advantage. Everything Gordon Brown does seems like an unecessary own goal nowadays, take the first 10% tax band, and the expenses row which could be his next defeat. Either he is badly advised or he isn't listening.

Yeah that sort of thing does happen.
A bit like the current South Korean administration. Don't matter how right they are it seems, the public is ready to crucify them.

Originally Posted by senojekips

It's all over now....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2403748.ece

BRILLIANT!

How dare the British betray their allies, the Gurkhas have fought bravely and deserve better. Shame on you Britain.

Originally Posted by senojekips

It's all over now....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2403748.ece

Can't think which is scarier - Johnny Gurkha or Joanna Lumley charging me with Kukhri in hand, nice post Senjokips.

Now lets see what happens or will our illustrious politicians find a way to weasel out of this through committees, quangos and other bureaucratic BS?

Originally Posted by Partisan

Can't think which is scarier - Johnny Gurkha or Joanna Lumley charging me with Kukhri in hand,

Please be nice.....you're scaring me!

Well, it is true that her father was a Gurkha officer, so beware.

All Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with at least four years' service will be allowed to settle in the UK, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. Ms Smith told MPs she was "proud to offer this country's welcome to all who have served in the brigade of Gurkhas".
It comes after a high-profile campaign by Joanna Lumley and other supporters of Gurkha rights - and an embarrassing Commons defeat for the Government.
Some 36,000 Gurkhas who left before 1997 had been denied UK residency.
Actress Joanna Lumley, who has campaigned on behalf of the Gurkhas, said: "This is the welcome we have always longed to give."
She called Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who she had met earlier, a "brave man who has made today a brave decision on behalf of the bravest of the brave".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8060607.stm

Excellent. I'm glad this one was seen through and justice was done in the end.