A Victory for Common Sense

I see that a group of retired Gurkhas have won their court battle for the right to stay in Britain. As their lawyer says, it is a victory for common sense. It just strikes me as a slap in the face for them that the UK Home Office would let this come to having to be judged in a court of law.

 

Even now, the statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith as reported in the story hardly rings true as accepting that the men are owed a "moral debt of honour" (the judge’s words) and that the "Home Office rules are unlawful. She still hedges with weasel words and phrases: "where there is a compelling case" and "honouring our commitment… by reviewing all cases…". Distasteful, Ms. Smith, distasteful.