mnealtx 0 #1 May 30, 2007 From the Daily Mail QuoteVC hero Gurkha banned from living in Britain 'because he has no strong ties with UK' His courage in the face of almost certain death earned him the Victoria Cross. Tul Bahadur Pun single-handedly stormed Japanese machine-gun positions during the Second World War. The Gurkha’s extraordinary act of valour won him royal admirers and he was invited to the Queen’s Coronation and had tea with the Queen Mother. Old soldier: 84-year old Tul Bahadur Pun, who earned his VC in Burma on June 23, 1944, after almost all his comrades were wiped out, is being denied entry Yet, despite his illustrious record, his application to live in Britain has been refused. The old soldier was told: "You have failed to demonstrate that you have strong ties with the UK." See the link for more... seems to be sort of a messed-up situation, though...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richards 0 #2 May 30, 2007 Dumb, dumb, dumb,dumb! When you look at the kind of people that many western countries do admit, it always baffles me the ones who don't get in. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #3 May 30, 2007 Gurkha infantry are among the finest troops in the world, with a fearsome reputation and a ferocity in battle matched only by their decency in civilian life. The British establishment's treatment of Gurkha troops is indeed an appalling outrage which disgusts me. However, I would imagine that this decision is probably part of a broader policy of maintaining some degree of parity between the conditions of service between British and Indian Gurkha regiments, so as not to prejudice recruiting. Probably also the same reason that Gurkha pay is considerably lower than non-Gurkha pay in the British Army - to maintain parity with Indian regiments (while the pay is high compared to Nepalese standards). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDMA 0 #4 May 30, 2007 there are WAY TOO MANY immigrants in the UK this country needs to stop admitting any more, if this is the start, then good !!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to take back Britain for the British Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #5 May 30, 2007 Quotethere are WAY TOO MANY immigrants in the UK this country needs to stop admitting any more, if this is the start, then good !!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to take back Britain for the British Not by denying someone who's given more to this country than most so called 'British' people have. Our area is full of Gurkhas as this is where they are based. We have many second generation growing up here now. Ironically the influence our cultrure is having on their youngsters is more negative than the influence they make on us. A friend of mine was a journalist and went to report on the Gurkhas who were being sent back to Nepal after serving their time. They go back to Nepal knowing a British lifestyle and often get mugged of their retirement money when they return to their villages by waiting attackers. We need more people like them and deport the benefit swindling lazy British born pikeys. I would be much happier knowing my taxes were subsiding an ex-gurkhas housing than some neanderthal who breaks in to the likes of our houses while we are at work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richards 0 #6 May 30, 2007 QuoteQuotethere are WAY TOO MANY immigrants in the UK this country needs to stop admitting any more, if this is the start, then good !!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to take back Britain for the British It's fine to say keep out the deadbeats, illegals, or the ones who make false refuge claims, but what is wrong with letting in the good ones? What is the rational for keeping out a man who served the UK heroically? Seems rather ungratefull. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #7 May 30, 2007 Thats what you get off people who think they are British because they wear union jack boxer shorts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 May 30, 2007 Quotethere are WAY TOO MANY immigrants in the UK this country needs to stop admitting any more, if this is the start, then good !!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to take back Britain for the British Yeah you need to get rid of all the friggin saxons.. Angles....Normans....various bands of Norse..... BRITAIN for the BRITONS....and CELTS...and WELSH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #9 May 30, 2007 QuoteQuotethere are WAY TOO MANY immigrants in the UK this country needs to stop admitting any more, if this is the start, then good !!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to take back Britain for the British Yeah you need to get rid of all the friggin saxons.. Angles....Normans....various bands of Norse..... BRITAIN for the BRITONS....and CELTS...and WELSH Get rid of the jews too...if you want to keep your money.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #10 May 30, 2007 QuoteGet rid of the jews too...if you want to keep your money. I think they already did that back a few hundred years ago... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,593 #11 May 30, 2007 QuoteBRITAIN for the BRITONS....and CELTS...and WELSH Ahh yes, you mean the Spaniards!Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #12 May 30, 2007 Shameful but so is their treatment all round. He should have told them that he was such a poisonous upstart that he risked political imprisonment back home and he wanted to come to the UK to spread his hatred here instead. We'd have laid out the red carpet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDMA 0 #13 May 31, 2007 The wogs start at Calais Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 May 31, 2007 I didn't think that I could be shamed any more by this spinless self-serving government. - A pox on them all. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #15 June 3, 2007 Sir, you already ARE.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #16 June 3, 2007 It is humbling to read his comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #17 June 3, 2007 QuoteIt is humbling to read his comments. Yes, it is.... I'm glad they reconsidered.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #18 June 3, 2007 Absolutely. Now that man is a true hero. I only hope that he llikes what he finds when he gets here. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crozby 0 #19 June 3, 2007 If all the commonwealth veterans get into the UK using this ruse the National Health service will self destruct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #20 June 3, 2007 What, the 'I won this country's highest award for valour in the face of enemy, please can I stay?' ruse? There are only a dozen or so people in the world that can use that one... [and nevermind the fact the NHS is quite happily self-destructing all on its own....] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #21 June 3, 2007 Too true.. the VC is earned not just given out for stubbing your toe on a battle field. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,593 #22 June 3, 2007 QuoteWhat, the 'I won this country's highest award for valour in the face of enemy, please can I stay?' ruse? There are only a dozen or so people in the world that can use that one... Ahh but it's just the start of a slippery slope isn't it. First off you let in the VC's, then all the George Crosses will be whinging away saying "You let them in, why can't I come too!" So then we let them in too and it'll keep going all the way down the chain - before you know it we'll be opening the door to people who've only got an MM! Bunch of slackers.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #23 June 3, 2007 Its shocking he had to wait Anyone and their immediate families of any serving Gurkha regiment should be given British or duel citizenship they serve a country not their own and in the past have died for it. This fact alone should mean that the country is indebted to them. Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #24 June 3, 2007 QuoteIf all the commonwealth veterans get into the UK using this ruse the National Health service will self destruct. I didn't know there were so many recipients of the Victoria Cross!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDMA 0 #25 June 3, 2007 QuoteSir, you already ARE. they should have kept him out, and throw out all the other immigrants too !!! this country is going down the shitter because of immigrants, they need to fuck off back home on the banana boats they came here on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
