Suspicious bar steward that I am, I can't help but notice that the Government has agreed to reimburse "those serving their Country". Question is, does that include dependants?
However unfair, it is clearly equitable if Mrs Baldrick, w/o Pte Baldrick, who works in a cafe downtown, "on the economy", should be in the same position as her co-worker Mrs Blighter, w/o ex SSgt Blighter who retired after his 22 to run a bar in Limassol.
But what if Mesdames Baldrick and Blighter work in the NAAFI within an SBA, as the SBAs are in many ways legally NOT in Cyprus - there's a clue in the name after all!
And then what of Mrs Upwardly-Rupert, the svelte wife of Major U-R of the Fractional Cavalry? She doesn't work (natch) but may well have some of her trust fund "available" to her in a local account.
As ever, knee-jerk reactions by pollies often suffer from unintended consequences, and make for unfair results.
Last edited by teeteringhead; 18th Mar 2013 at 12:22.