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Old 3rd Oct 2006, 10:27
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The scandal of the way injured soldiers are being treated on their return is finally being picked up by the press, who in turn are getting excellent information from sites such as ARRSE and this one- the pithy quotes thus gleaned from people in the thick of it are being put to good use. The more the better.

It's a pity that the Tories are holding back somewhat on this scandal, presumably as they are aware that there was a round of military hospital closures on their watch. Such are political sensitivities.

To drive this issue to the front of public awareness I hope that someone will pick up the idea of getting as many injured sodiers as possible to march as a group past the Cenotaph next month on Remembrance Day. The sight of young men, bandaged, on crutches, in wheelchairs, the blind being led, would have enormous impact on the public - driving home the real cost of Blair's foreign policy.

And if the powers that be don't allow this (as I suspect, )that in itself will be a major story.
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