It's very much looking like, if an MP, or the Government collectively, cannot make a profit from an endeavour then said endeavour is doomed to failure no matter how strong public opinion is.
Unless of course we are on the run up to an election.
I have a sneaky feeling that the Gurkha proposal will be sidelined until such a time and then brought out and passed in a blaze of publicity about how much this Labour Crew is concerned about Human Rights and fair play.
Of course "Do The Right Thing" will still be the words they chortle over while they get legless quoffing their "paid for by the gullable taxpayer" tipples in the Commons Bar.
