SLC 10:39 Sat Nov 15
The Gurkhas
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Remember Gordon Brown getting lambasted by the right wing media for denying them citizenship and having to kowtow to the want of the Tory mouthpiece Lumley?
Well it seems it's all gone a bit Pete Tong, as predicted by GB himself.......
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2835216/Joanna-Lumley-s-legacy-misery-fought-allow-retired-Gurkhas-Britain-heart-right-place-Five-years-say-s-backfired-terribly.html
Joanna Lumley's legacy of misery: She fought to allow retired Gurkhas into Britain with her heart in the right place. Five years on, even they say it's backfired terribly.....
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mentor
10:55 Sat Nov 15
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Why would they even want to come here? We're full up.
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Justin R
10:57 Sat Nov 15
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Daily Mail.......yeah ok.
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WHOicidal Maniac
11:12 Sat Nov 15
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So they wanted to come here as they felt they were owed and entitled to be here, I dont have a problem with that, but now they are having to live in shitty little bedsits just like every other WW2 veteran of little means...Welcome to the UK, this is how we treat our elderly, with little regard and care as to whether they live or die.
This is why wearing the poppy and showing up at the Cenotaph is a nothing more than lipservice. We care for dead more than the living.
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WHOicidal Maniac
11:13 Sat Nov 15
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Secondly, stop reading those bullshit papers..
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mashed in maryland
5:20 Sat Nov 15
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I know a few people who live in Aldershot. They're all pretty vocal about this, and not in a positive way.
I generally dislike the DM but I think this article was very well written. The Ghurkha stuff was all with the very best of intentions, just executed fucking appallingly, the same as a lot of stuff in this country.
And no, I don't think anyone who's served our country should be "sent home", before anyone starts.
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Joke Whole
5:40 Sat Nov 15
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Is there anything vaguely to do with Thailand in that DM article? The page is blocked here.
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mentor
5:51 Sat Nov 15
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It's a job, that's all.
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Joke Whole
6:01 Sat Nov 15
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mashed in maryland 5:45 Sat Nov 15
Thanks. I didn't really want it posted on here in case it could have contained anything unacceptable - If all us ex-pats suddenly drop out of sight, I guess that will be answer enough.
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After8
6:05 Sat Nov 15
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I like how they're all lonely and don't know anyone and yet there are thousands of them. Also if they're all homesick they should go home.
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mentor
6:09 Sat Nov 15
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Unemployed in Aldershot or looking after a goat in the foothills of the Himalayas? It's a no brainer. Go home to the goat.
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Joke Whole
6:13 Sat Nov 15
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Enough of them to form a cohesive group/social club? I'm sure all they need is a pointer as to how to do so and they'll take on all the admin & responsibility themselves.
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sanfrancis-co-uk
7:46 Sat Nov 15
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I'm from Aldershot.
Admittedly this all went down way after I left but obviously I still have the majority of friends and family there.
Everyone is pissed of with the situation big time(including the Nepali people).Zero assimilation going on there.No where near enough social services.
Us Aldershotians are very proud of our military history and we had nothing but the utmost respect for Ghurka lads but Lumley dropped the ball on this one big time.That respect has turned into massive resentment by the local community.
It might be in the DM but it's absolutely true at ground level.
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poplarborn
7:56 Sat Nov 15
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Anybody that would deny these heroes and their family access to this country are obviously massive twats!
We all owe them everthing!
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WHOicidal Maniac
7:57 Sat Nov 15
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Why are they hanging around Aldershot?
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sanfrancis-co-uk
8:05 Sat Nov 15
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It's the only place they know Whoicidal.
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sanfrancis-co-uk
8:07 Sat Nov 15
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It's where their barracks are/where.
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WHOicidal Maniac
8:16 Sat Nov 15
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Oh...Shame the barracks werent in Cornwall or somewhere half decent...
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bruuuno
8:20 Sat Nov 15
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Never understood people who live in shit areas
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mentor
8:43 Sat Nov 15
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We owe them a pension, not a country to live in.
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mentor
8:45 Sat Nov 15
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I've seen loads in Hockley. They used to rent a cottage up by the prison.
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