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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
@ Those from immigrant families have much more opportunities (especially 2nd/3rd generations) than they would likely have had if born into the countries their parents/grandparents came from. Many do do well. For those that don't there has to be an element of self-responsibility. You can't just keep blaming everything on us - it's a cop-out.
If we want to look at why some immigrants blame this country, we need look no further than the Gurkha’s. The 1947 Tripartite Agreement was abused by the Conservative British Governments. Just about every right on that agreement was broken.
When my dad was in the armed forces, we lived in Aldershot for a while. I grew up believing the Gurkha’s were the British Army mercenaries. My dad, up until recently, always believed they got a full army pension after serving their time and that they got the same rates of pay as British soldiers. Unfortunately, the Gurkha’s and senior British Officers were not au fait with this Agreement being so heavily corrupted until fairly recently.
Since the Joanna Lumley campaign Nepalese families moving to the UK has tripled. People in Nepal sold their houses and land to come and live in **** holes like Aldershot only to find that their ex soldier pensions are a mere fraction of what they should be and the cost of living in the UK, when you’re no longer living in an army barracks, is unaffordable for most. Their husbands/fathers/brothers served their time on the front line and even won the Falklands war, were encouraged to sell everything in their homeland and come and live in a land of milk and honey only to discover they’ve been well and truly shafted. Most apparently want to go back to Nepal but they now have nothing to go back to.
I’m sure Lumley had good intensions and she most certainly wasn’t au fait with the scam that had gone on around the government and the Tripartite Agreement. None of this is the Nepalese immigrants fault. All of them have the right to be angry.
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That I believe is a different situation entirely. I completely agree they have a right to be angry and have every entitlement to the same pension as British soldiers. They fought for this country and deserve it.
Unfortunately I don't know a lot about it but do remember hearing something about it and felt the same way then as I do know. TBH honest I thought that had been resolved. All brave men and women who fought for this country deserve the same equal pension and recognition for their service to Britain. To discriminate like that is disgusting and unacceptable. I hope someone is fighting their cause.