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Nick Clegg to lead attack on Labour’s Gurkha betrayal in Parliament

Angry doesn’t even come close.

A sickening ruling“.

Contempt for this gutless, sickening Government decision“.

The week Labour lost its last principles“.

These are just some reactions to a Government announcement today on settlement rights for Gurkhas who retired before 1997.

So what’s the story and background?

Gurkhas have served all across the world in the defence of our country for nearly 200 years. Over 45,000 died in the two World Wars as part of the British Army, and they are still fighting in the British Army today.

But until quite recently, the Gurkhas had no right to citizenship in this country after completing …

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  • David Raw
    It appears that the lessons of 2010-15 have not been learned for people who weren’t around when all of that occurred, and as someone whose dad was involved in...
  • Nigel Jones
    The comments here are just the kind of discussion that should have taken place before considering any such announcement. When we debated FPC's planned program l...
  • Colin Brown
    I was a bit shocked to hear this. It struck me as a very poor idea. I understand it to be, actually, regressive in nature, nowhere near as progressive as it sou...
  • Nonconformistradical
    @expats "I live in a semi rural Suffolk village with an hourly bus service" Lucky you. Some of us have no regular bus services at all....
  • expats
    @Tristan Ward 23rd Sep '26 - 7:36pm.. The idea that Daily Telegraph readers are a viable source of future LD votes made me choke on my coffee.....