BREAKING: The secretive medal cttee which denies honours to veterans will be reviewed, vows Labour.
@JohnHealey_MP will overhaul the system which forces those who served to fight again for recognition. cc @BWallaceMP @JohnnyMercerUK
#medalforheroes
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@JohnHealey_MP will overhaul the system which forces those who served to fight again for recognition. cc @BWallaceMP @JohnnyMercerUK
#medalforheroes
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Hopefully it would mean more honours for rank-and-file servicemen, who get thoroughly overlooked by top brass who are up to their necks in gongs.
"The only time some of them have held a gun is on a grouse shoot," said nuclear veteran John Morris, 85.
"The only time some of them have held a gun is on a grouse shoot," said nuclear veteran John Morris, 85.
This is important because, in govt, Labour could never again claim this medal committee was fit for purpose, not unless it's rebuilt to deliver veterans justice without forcing them into long and damaging battles for the truth.
The psychological and social harm of that is vast.
The psychological and social harm of that is vast.
Many veterans have been refused by this committee - Bomber Command, the Berlin Airlift, Brixmis to name just a few. But in large part the battle for justice by the nuclear test veterans has proven what a corrupt and failed medals system we have.
And now the Tories have to address it, too.
A massive step forward, won by the continuing and inspiring battle of the nuke test vets, for the sake of all veterans and those yet to serve.
A massive step forward, won by the continuing and inspiring battle of the nuke test vets, for the sake of all veterans and those yet to serve.
And to top it all - the govt gave a medal to a man now found to have contributed to the deaths of Manchester Arena victims. Gongs for the chaps, none for the troops.
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