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If someone is prepared to die for our country, they should be able to live in our country
July 15, 2008 3:07 PM
Sue Doughty and the Guildford Lib Dems have warmly welcomed the intervention of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg in backing a Freedom of Information request on its Gurkha policies. Nick Clegg has written to Gordon Brown urging him to end the Government's legal challenges that prevent the release of 50 files relating to its policy on Gurkha soldiers, and repeated his call for the Prime Minister to grant veteran Gurkhas the British citizenship they deserve.
His letter comes as a group of veteran Gurkhas today launched a High Court action seeking the release of the files, having had applications under the Freedom of Information Act turned down.
In the letter, Nick Clegg wrote:
"It is yet another gross insult to the Gurkhas that despite their bravery, unstinting service and commitment to the United Kingdom, they have been wilfully frustrated in their attempts to put their case for leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
"I urge you to halt this expensive legal charade and do what is right by the Gurkhas, and grant them all, regardless of retirement date, the British citizenship they deserve.
"I believe that if someone is prepared to die for our country, they should be able to live in our country. It is a simple principle, I urge you to respect it."
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