Sometimes this country drives me mad. Almost 50,000 Gurkhas have died fighting for Britain since 1815 and 150,000 have been seriously injured while serving. Gurkhas are received at Downing Street before handing in their petition Yet thousands of veterans who retired after July 1, 1997 have been refu

Sometimes this country drives me mad. Almost 50,000 Gurkhas have died fighting for Britain since 1815 and 150,000 have been seriously injured while serving. Gurkhas are received at Downing Street before handing in their petition Yet thousands of veterans who retired after July 1, 1997 have been refused visas and have been forced to live in poverty [...]