Labour Lies – Kevan Jones Lies about Joanna Lumley and Gurkhas
How sickeningly lower can Labour get than lying about the right of Gurkha’s to have residence in the UK after serving this country in the Army.
Back on 9th March lying Defence Minister Kevan Jones had this to say about Joanna Lumley and the Gurkha’s after her successful campaign to force the Government to allow veterans to settle in the UK.
Mr Jones said that since the change, some veterans have been misled about what they can expect from the UK.
Some have been encouraged to pay hundreds of pounds in voluntary donations to veterans’ organisations in Nepal which then refer them on to UK solicitors, he said. Others mistakenly believe they will be entitled to free housing in Britain.
Mr Jones said that, having raised the issue and forced the change, Miss Lumley had a responsibility to help explain the new rules to the Gurkhas. She had not done so, he said.
“Her deathly silence, frankly, irritates me,” Mr Jones said.
A spokesman for Ms Lumley said she did not want to respond to Mr Jones’ comments.
No wonder she didn’t want to reply according to Joanna
The actress, whose campaign forced the government to let more Gurkhas settle in the UK, says the
“personal attack“
has forced her to break her silence.
Veterans minister Kevan Jones told MPs Gurkhas were being misled and she had a responsibility to explain the new laws.
But she said she was keeping a promise to ministers not to speak publicly while a settlement policy was decided.
‘Innuendo and spin’
Ms Lumley responded to Mr Jones’s allegations in an open letter signed by herself, Peter Carroll from the Gurkha Justice Campaign and Howe & Co Solicitors.
The letter said:
“Last year Gordon Brown took personal charge of the Gurkha issue. He asked us to deal with No 10 and his senior civil servants, out of the glare of publicity, so as to iron out any ‘bumps in the road’. We respected his request and kept our promise.”
It also said it was the government’s responsibility to help Gurkha’s who had found it hard to settle in the UK and Mr Brown had to
“reaffirm his government’s support for the right of Gurkha’s to live in Britain”.
Earlier this month, Mr Jones announced an inquiry into the activities of some lawyers working with the Nepalese veterans.
This is frankly disgusting and Kevan Jones should resign and take back his lies and innuendo about Joanna Lumley. It appears, as well, that the traitor in No10 is also trying go back on his word to allow the Gurkha’s to settle here after they have served this country. As I said last year Gordon Brown will try and weasel his way out of helping the Gurkha’s, this now appears to be coming sadly true.
Labour are a disgrace to this country and have no honour.
BBC News – Joanna Lumley defends her ‘silence’ over Gurkhas.
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