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Help a Soldier

ShootersHillGuru
ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,677
edited November 2013 in Not Sports Related
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/pm-david-cameron-david-cameron-keep-your-promise-to-our-military-let-my-husband-have-his-pension?share_id=rsSdpqGoJb&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

I usually don't do this stuff but I think this is outrageous.

Comments

  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,427
    Just 18 months of this coalition Government left now.

    Soldier cheated out of his pension
    800 years of shipbuilding tradition ended at Pompey
    Bedroom tax
    Energy costs soaring
    High Speed trains that nobody wants
    Trains that we do want, cancelled due to leaves
    Charlton in the second tier
    Cops lying to get politicians sacked
    Politicians lying about moats and duck houses
    Judges resigning from X Factor
    Estimated population of the UK in 2027 = 70 million (up 10% on today)

    :)
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,452
    Already signed...

    Things to look forward to with the NEXT coalition Government.

































































































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  • Jayajosh
    Jayajosh Posts: 2,884
    I signed this yesterday...appalling trick played on him.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    edited November 2013
    some little obsequious wanker of a defence ministry clerk has sat down and worked out the ways to save the maximum by making soldier's redundant close to their pensionable age .. this is not an isolated case and shows the disrespect and contempt with which the 'ruling classes' view their 'subjects', both military and civilian .. may the deadly pox visit all their palaces, stately homes and houses
  • Half Nelson
    Half Nelson Posts: 408
    Signed.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    edited November 2013
    Does anyone know if there's a way to post a link to this on facebook?

    Edit: it comes up when you submit. Hadn't actually clicked it when I posted. :-/
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,677
    tangoflash said:

    Does anyone know if there's a way to post a link to this on facebook?

    If you go to the website and sign petition I think there is a link at the bottom to "share"

  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,804
    Signed
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,720
    Got to pay the top brass at the MOD somehow....


    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/253653/__150k.xls
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,396
    Signed

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  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,326
    Lincsaddick said:

    some little obsequious wanker of a defence ministry clerk has sat down and worked out the ways to save the maximum by making soldier's redundant close to their pensionable age .. this is not an isolated case and shows the disrespect and contempt with which the 'ruling classes' view their 'subjects', both military and civilian .. may the deadly pox visit all their palaces, stately homes and houses

    Right on! Signed.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Signed, this is disgraceful.
  • Eynsfordaddick
    Eynsfordaddick Posts: 2,046
    Signed.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,708
    Done
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Absoloutly disgusting way to treat a man that has put his life on the line for this country.

    Signed
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,199
    Disgusting, signed
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,494
    This is a disgraceful practice, and happens in all industries - it isn't only confined to the armed forces. Its absolutely disgusting that there isn't legislation against it.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,118
    Just got an email.

    He's getting paid in full, rightly so.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,677
    On Monday I started a petition for my husband to receive his full military pension and last night I found out he will.

    After months of worry it is a huge relief to finally hear my husband will receive his pension.

    I first raised my fears in the media in June but it wasn't until my petition on Change.org that the Ministry of Defence said Michael's transfer request will also stall his redundancy.

    The response to our petition has been fantastic and somewhat overwhelming. We are so grateful to the 100,000 people who have responded and continue to spread the word, your efforts have not been in vain and we are so grateful to you all.

    We hope that others in similar situations have the courage to ask for help because with the support of Great British public, it is achievable.

    Pension Justice for Troops, a group of former service men and women and their relatives, have started a new petition asking the Prime Minister to review the treatment of all soldiers made redundant within a whisper of qualifying for their petition. You can support their petition here.

    Thank you all,
    Jolene
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,199
    WSS said:

    Just got an email.

    He's getting paid in full, rightly so.

    Got the same - fantastic - what a shame they had to go through that to get what's rightfully there's but perhaps the fact they got it at all restores marginal faith in my country.

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  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,735
    It's not an isolated incident though. I know two sergeants who have been binned months short of their 22 years. One was escorted from the building and off camp the day he was notified. Disgusting really. I was proper fed up too, as he had £140 worth of my pending expense claim paperwork in his desk drawer that was cleared out!
  • Eynsfordaddick
    Eynsfordaddick Posts: 2,046
    Great news and it was followed up by another petition for people in a similar situation.

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