A Gurkha veteran with 15 years' exemplary service in the British army receives only *one-tenth* of the pension paid to white servicemen after the same length of service.
(see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_1031000/1031443.stm
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid-1032000/1032135.stm )
This discrimination on the part of the British government is at best a contemptible way of saving a few bucks at the expense of brave, loyal men; at worst, it's blatant and unforgivable racism.
Stealing from veterans (which the British government has been doing for the last 50 years, by its shameful treatment of ex-PoWs from the Pacific theater) is bad enough; to steal from veterans who come from one of the poorest countries in the world, on the basis of skin color alone, is despicable.
Once again, the conduct of my government makes me bitterly ashamed to be British.
(see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_1031000/1031443.stm
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid-1032000/1032135.stm )
This discrimination on the part of the British government is at best a contemptible way of saving a few bucks at the expense of brave, loyal men; at worst, it's blatant and unforgivable racism.
Stealing from veterans (which the British government has been doing for the last 50 years, by its shameful treatment of ex-PoWs from the Pacific theater) is bad enough; to steal from veterans who come from one of the poorest countries in the world, on the basis of skin color alone, is despicable.
Once again, the conduct of my government makes me bitterly ashamed to be British.