"People signed the petition on the facts as presented. If nothing else, this shows the strength of support the genpub has for people in the Amred Forces facing such mean-minded policies."
It would appear that there is currently a lot of sympathy in the U.K. for the Armed Forces, more than for many years .
Hopefully this fact is not lost on the current Military hierarchy in their dealings with the politicians.
Although the highest ranks are subject to political interference in their appointees, all of us are ( were) responsible directly to the Monarch-for very good reasons.
Time that this right was perhaps exercised, methinks.