Lumley: Gurkha Plight Is a Stain On Our Nation

Evening Standard - London › March 17, 2009

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JOANNA LumLey today accused ministers of leaving a "stain on our national character" by failing to honour a court ruling that gives Gurkha veterans the right to settle in Britain.

The actress, a long-standing campaigner on behalf of the soldiers, said it was "offensive" that veterans were dying or suffering in pain while the Government dithered over implementing the ruling from last September.

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Lumley: Gurkha Plight Is a Stain On Our Nation

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