Gurkha Justice, the saga

Today in Parliament the Liberals tabled a staement on Gurkhas being allowed to stay in the UK.
This then won, thanks to the Liberals, Coservatives and a few Labour rebels

However the government has now come out with this statement


"Mr Speaker, this Government respects the will of the House of Commons. As the Prime Minister said today, this Government took the first action to provide justice for the Gurkhas and enable them to settle in the UK.
Under this Government, the first ever rights of settlement for Gurkhas in Britain have been granted, and 6,000 of them have applied successfully to settle in this country.
We have also introduced equal pay and pensions for the Gurkhas—something that had not happened previously.
We doubled the pensions of people staying in Nepal and increased the overall pension for Gurkhas, especially those at a senior age.
The guidance we introduced last week will increase the number of Gurkhas eligible to come to this country by 4,000 or, including families, about 10,000 people.
However we recognise the strong feeling on all sides of the House on this issue. As was recognised in the debate this afternoon, this is a complex issue with wide ranging implications. The cost of implementing the decision of the House of Commons could well run into billions of pounds. The Government also has an obligation to consider the precedent for future decisions on other immigration categories, and wider government policy. We cannot therefore responsibly or fairly rush into the formulation of new policy. We can and do commit to immediate action on individual cases, and are setting a clear timeframe for the next stage of our reform.
In light of the decision of the House, I am bringing forward the date for determination of the outstanding applications to the end of May. This will ensure that those who qualify under the guidelines now in force get confirmation of this as soon as possible. We will report to the House the outcome of this work.
And based on this work, and recognising the strong feeling of the House, we will come forward with proposals for the next stage of our reform of the rules, to ensure this Government continues to deliver a fair outcome for ex-Gurkhas and their families. We will publish this next stage before the Summer Recess.
I said in the House earlier today that we cannot foresee circumstances in which ex Gurkhas in the UK, who have served this country so well, would ever be removed from the UK. I can now say in addition that anyone whose case is considered under the current guidelines and does not qualify, whether in the UK or in Nepal, will not have that decision implemented pending the publication of the next stage of our reform.
The House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs has indicated its intention to conduct a hearing on this issue next week. I welcome that. In addition I will share our review of the applications with the Committee once completed.
We will consider the guidelines published last Friday in light of the decision of the House today and will bring forward proposals based on the experience of our consideration of the outstanding applications."



Once again Phil Woolas, spineless bastard that he is

Any comment?

Rob

Gurkhas Justice NOW

Phil Woolas, the immigration spokesman deserves a khurki knife in his neck.

Lousy good for nothing bastard!

<-- This is the man who has betrayed the most loyal sldiers evr to fight for our country.

These men never had any reason to fight for us, but in every major conflict the Gurkhas have been there. They have fought in Burma to Goose Green, Malaya to Iraq.

But yet this disgusting Labour Government will not let them settle.

The official settling critea is to have served 20 years, yet privates in the Gurkhas can only serve 15.

What sort of point is this bastard and Gordon trying to make by barring these brave men from our country?

We let in the man with the hook, who would like us all dead, we let in Somalis with no reason to be here and we dont even throw failed aslum seekers out

But when a few thousand Nepalese men ask to settle they are refused

Phil Woolas hang your head in shame!

I hope you are hit by a bus!

You Bastard!!!

Rob

Todays Budget

Alistair Darling today delivered what will almost certianly be his last budget in power.

It was however not a pleasent budget.

He increased the tax on those on middle incomes, the back bon of our economy

For God' sake we have the worst Ecomony in the G20, Thanks Gordon!

And this recession is the worst since the war, thanks again Gordon

SO what do you think of Darlings Budget?

Rob

Budget Tomorrow

Tomorrow the Chancellor will take his ill-fated walk to the preverbial gallows. He will take that battered breifcase to Labours doom

The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne has described it as Labours "day of reckoning"
Well we'll just have to sit back, relax and watch how much Mr Darling has destroyed our economy, but never forget he is but the glove-puppet of Gordon, Mr Mayhem himself.

Will the Budget be better than we expected?

Or will Darling tell us all we will be paying back his debt until 2150?

We'll have to see

Labour's attempts at political blogging

This is the frankly laughable attempt from the Labour Party to set up "independant" blogs. The right have been miles ahead in this field woth highly sucessful blogs such as Iain Dale's Diary, Conservative Home and ofcourse Guido Fawkes
The only really sucessful left wing blog is LabourList. Incidently never visit LabourList as Derek Draper actually counts the hits as they come in, I am reliably told!

Here a snippet of the Labour Party memo, sent on Novemember 21st 2008, on setting up "independant" blogs :


"We need to build a Labour version of Conservativehome – labourlist. This will feature regular contributors like Luke Akehurst, Ben Wegg-Prosser and Spencer Livermore, alongwith irregular “big-name” contributors such as (hopefully!) Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett and Philip Gould.
We need a high profile, well-written, media savvy blog to rival Iain Dales – he gets 70,000 readers a month, more than the Spectator, and is increasingly influential.
We also need to encourage and resource more people to blog and post in support of the party. This requires some bascic organisation of existing bloggers and the activation of old stalwarts like Simon Buckby, Ed Owen and David Clark."


To read the full version follow this link:

Draft New Media Presentation


Rob

Suggestion

Anyone like to submit me an article?
There is no moderation so what ever you send me will be published

ALL posts will be published

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Thanks
Rob




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Be proud to be British!

David Cameron has said that when, note when not if, the Conservatives win the next election they will bring the pride back to Downing Street and these Great Islands

Under Labour being proud of being British was nearly a crime!
We can never talk about our colourful heritage!
Why does no one talk of the great thing the British Empire did for the world ?
Or the great things Britan is yet to do?

Any up for a debate on Colonialism or Imperial?

Could pass the time,
Maybe some of you could invite your Lefty buddys for a real debate?

Rob



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