"Nothing but praise for our armed forces"

[Osem]

Brown's fine sounding words.

Some more of his claims:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20015

The reality:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8171689.stm

The Ministry of Defence will go to the Court of Appeal later to try to significantly reduce the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers.

How ironic it is that the MOD has wasted countless £££millions through dodgy procurement institutionalised ineptitude (e.g. Chinooks*, Nimrod**) over recent years and now wants to claw back a relative pittance from those Brown has repeatedly claimed he has nothing but praise and respect for...



*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7434205.stm
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Nimrod

[Osem]

More stark reality showing how 'valued' our servicemen and women really are:

http://m.telegraph.co.uk/article/5920236/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6727677.ece

In September 2005 Anthony Duncan, a soldier with the Light Dragoons, was on patrol in Iraq when he was shot in his left thigh. He needed 11 operations to clean and close the wound and had a pin inserted in his leg to help the bone heal. He subsequently suffered calcification in his thigh muscle and constant pain in his leg. He struggled to walk without crutches while attempts to run left him “crippled” with pain, according to court documents. The MoD initially gave him £9,250 in compensation, arguing that his injury was only a fracture. Duncan appealed and a tribunal awarded him a lump sum of £46,000 and a guaranteed weekly income payment for life.

Matthew McWilliams, a Royal Marine, suffered a fracture of his thigh bone during a training exercise. He was awarded £8,250, which was increased on appeal to £28,750 and a guaranteed weekly payment because of damage to his knee following surgery.

In June last year the MoD took both cases to a higher court, claiming it should have to compensate the men only for the initial injuries and not subsequent complications. The three judges ruled against the ministry, saying it was “absurd” to divorce the injury from treatment.

Oh yes they care soooo much don't they...

[ShaneC]

Simply shocking they would even consider doing this.

Whoever made this daft discision, shame on you.

[Sirius]

I don’t just blame Brown; I blame Labour as a whole. Look how many Labour MP's voted against letting the Ghurkhas live here. Labour only think of how much they can grab from expenses to line there own pockets before the end comes for them at the next election. They dont give a flying watsit about the armed forces.

That time cannot come fast enough for me.

[Osem]

Simon Weston's view:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8171865.stm

The likes of Brown wouldn't know a real hero if one smacked him in the face..