tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1737192833813514592..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Support for VC Hero Grows: Time for Liam Byrne to ActIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1815841811470137912007-05-31T18:50:00.000+01:002007-05-31T18:50:00.000+01:00Shame on all of us!! Expedite now & aford the gent...Shame on all of us!! Expedite now & aford the gentleman due dignity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899640962565311257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8765025844694755372007-05-31T18:11:00.000+01:002007-05-31T18:11:00.000+01:00I've just heard the Meridian early evening news pi...I've just heard the Meridian early evening news piece on this affair. Apparently an appeal will be possible, but not until August! <BR/><BR/>Why can't somebody with authority in our Government cut across "procedures" and sort this shameful behaviour out NOW, and get this gentleman onto a plane to the UK immediately, at our expense not his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35837993838481210542007-05-29T16:02:00.000+01:002007-05-29T16:02:00.000+01:00Ian,Thanks for flagging this up. Your blog was th...Ian,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for flagging this up. Your blog was the first place I saw it mentioned. Good to see you have a well developed sense of decency. I hope it helps get the right result. Gordon Brown's silence is deafening, though. Doesn't auger well...<BR/><BR/>This hero should just get on a plane to Heathrow - and defy the Govt. to deport him when he arrives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78826987691089354412007-05-29T12:05:00.000+01:002007-05-29T12:05:00.000+01:00Well done Iain on highlighting this issue and supp...Well done Iain on highlighting this issue and supporting links. It is good to see the Tory blogosphere leading from the front on important issues. Highlights once again that internet based groups can hopefully influence public opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90065859818142271112007-05-29T11:24:00.000+01:002007-05-29T11:24:00.000+01:00To me it is just another spiteful example of the s...<A HREF="http://neuearbeitmachtfrei.blogspot.com/2007/05/self-loathers-strike-again.html" REL="nofollow">To me</A> it is just another spiteful example of the self-loathers and, frankly, a hijacking of our Immigration Dept.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51831425074389866012007-05-29T07:32:00.000+01:002007-05-29T07:32:00.000+01:00War hero - noRomanian Beggars - yesWhat a country ...War hero - no<BR/><BR/>Romanian Beggars - yes<BR/><BR/>What a country we have become...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322434086921194970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22832944997985963252007-05-29T00:27:00.000+01:002007-05-29T00:27:00.000+01:00John Gaunt did his whole morning show on this days...John Gaunt did his whole morning show on this days before 5 live jumped on the bandwagon Iain. Not only did he cover the story he got on to the Downing St page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85731419331002012842007-05-28T23:53:00.000+01:002007-05-28T23:53:00.000+01:00jailhouse......You're working on a Bank Holiday an...jailhouse......<BR/><BR/>You're working on a Bank Holiday and for a good cause too.<BR/><BR/>Well done. Keep it up.<BR/><BR/>Although your personal debt to society can never really be paid, it pleases me to see that you are as outraged at Mr. Pun's situation as I am.<BR/><BR/>I support you in your efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62101243401259634552007-05-28T21:32:00.000+01:002007-05-28T21:32:00.000+01:00Where is our Pinochet?Where is our Pinochet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4132760012371670022007-05-28T20:49:00.000+01:002007-05-28T20:49:00.000+01:00Well done to Iain for highlighting this issue agai...Well done to Iain for highlighting this issue again. The public is 100% behind the war hero Mr Pun, and there is only one honourable course of action open to the government. <BR/><BR/>A petition calling on the PM to allow Mr Pun to live in the UK will be launched soon on the Downing Street website....assuming the spin doctors don't try and kill it off.<BR/><BR/>Lets hope this is raised at PMQs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32052548665358103952007-05-28T18:52:00.000+01:002007-05-28T18:52:00.000+01:00Gareth, to be fair the LRDG were a fairly small gr...Gareth, to be fair the LRDG were a fairly small group of very knowledgable volunteers who were very well equipped considering all that went on in North Africa.<BR/>The Chindits for the most part were a mixture of old timers and draftees asked to do a very impressive task with often precarious resources. <BR/><BR/>I don't know whether Mr Pun was a volunteer, but the Gurkhas, the Indian army, the British Army and the Empire troops were all doing a job which had they been in the ETO they'd have been parachute or special service troops - i.e. exceptionally highly trained, well-supplied men.<BR/><BR/>Which really makes Pun's achievement stand out all the more, like the efforts of all his comrades. I'm sure you know that already though!Simon Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08746160698308518190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12541192192225271702007-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:002007-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:00Well done, IainWell done, IainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36931210268102422222007-05-28T17:37:00.000+01:002007-05-28T17:37:00.000+01:00Now the flower show has finshed and it's peaceful ...Now the flower show has finshed and it's peaceful again, perhaps they could find a room for him at the Chelsea Hopital. I take it he is qualified for residence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41155907713160374022007-05-28T17:05:00.000+01:002007-05-28T17:05:00.000+01:00Harlsbottom,good on you for researching the work o...Harlsbottom,<BR/><BR/>good on you for researching the work of the Chindits. The deprivation they suffered to get behind Japanese lines beggars belief. the Chindits, like the Long Range Desert Group, were the founding fathers of our exceptional special forces. The Chindits in particular led the way for the Royal Marine's famous "hearts and minds" campaign in Malaya.<BR/><BR/>To put it bluntly, this man suffered deprivation and pain on behalf of our country and was clearly willing to sacrifice his life for our way of life. That we reward him with such rejection makes me want to vomit. What a sad, pathetic country we have become that we cannot embrace and celebrate our heros.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894488265993500714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52897215668123974412007-05-28T15:59:00.000+01:002007-05-28T15:59:00.000+01:00So, Tul Bahadur Pun is a VC veteran of the 2nd Chi...So, Tul Bahadur Pun is a VC veteran of the 2nd Chindit Expedition, presumably as part of "Mad" Mike Calvert's 77th Brigade which suffered 50% casualties in capturing Mogaung.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully there haven't been others like him who have been refused entry before but were never noticed. Probably has happened, under Tories and Labour governments alike, and it's a crying shame.Simon Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08746160698308518190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25560054559895432292007-05-28T15:58:00.000+01:002007-05-28T15:58:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Simon Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08746160698308518190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81764747051436553402007-05-28T15:05:00.000+01:002007-05-28T15:05:00.000+01:00JHL: Indeed I do read this blog young man. I am di...JHL: Indeed I do read this blog young man. I am disgusted to refer to this lot as Her Majesty's Government! Blair's legacy will end in the Bloody Tower if there is not a U Turn on this disgraceful state of affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34992257950190192922007-05-28T14:59:00.000+01:002007-05-28T14:59:00.000+01:00blogfan has made a good suggestion.anon 1.56: Pard...blogfan has made a good suggestion.<BR/><BR/>anon 1.56: Pardon the Pun? Good idea he should be freed to reside in Britain at Her Majesty's Pleasure. It was after all her peace he was keeping...<BR/><BR/>What do you say Ma'am? I take it you do read this blog?jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49358327635058128902007-05-28T14:35:00.000+01:002007-05-28T14:35:00.000+01:00'The willingness with which our young people are l...'The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,no matter how justified,shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation'' --George Washington-- <BR/><BR/>I wish I could tell Mr Pun how so very very sorry I am.Daily Referendumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899003349232334603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40879643079393729222007-05-28T14:02:00.000+01:002007-05-28T14:02:00.000+01:00Good to see that the blogosphere reads ARRSE, it's...Good to see that the blogosphere reads ARRSE, it's a fantastic site. Don't forget that it has a Navy subset too in "Rum Ration", well worth a read too.<BR/><BR/>We in the military care and we care with a passion that some fail to comprehend. We deeply appreciate the sacrifices of others and hope we can do the same when duty calls. None of us knows deep down whether we can but we know we're trained and we know we will do our duty.<BR/><BR/>Put simply, if I am asked to die for my country that's ok, I am already in a compact with 60M people to do just that, it's the deal, it's the reality. That's what Pun did with no realistic hope in his mind of survival and he did it because he cares.<BR/><BR/>WE OWE HIM!!!!!Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894488265993500714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41533166120288171952007-05-28T13:56:00.000+01:002007-05-28T13:56:00.000+01:00Excuse the Pun'?Excuse the Pun'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3085177642046489792007-05-28T13:50:00.000+01:002007-05-28T13:50:00.000+01:00It is dreadful that not only was this hero stopped...It is dreadful that not only was this hero stopped from coming here in the first place, he is still not here. The powers that be should hang their heads in shame and order a red carpet welcome for this man.<BR/><BR/>http://thetiredtory.blogspot.com/Changerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999500389586473576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69539688578611282022007-05-28T13:47:00.001+01:002007-05-28T13:47:00.001+01:00Doeas Liam Byrne ever do anything BUT 'act'?I plac...Doeas Liam Byrne ever do anything BUT 'act'?<BR/><BR/>I place him in the Blair-Blunkett-Milburn-Byers-Mandelson-Reid-Hain-Woolas-Blears continuum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58205301322993826252007-05-28T13:47:00.000+01:002007-05-28T13:47:00.000+01:00Doeas Liam Byrne ever do anything BUT 'act'?I plac...Doeas Liam Byrne ever do anything BUT 'act'?<BR/><BR/>I place him in the Blair-Blunkett-Milburn-Byers-Mandelson-Reid-Hain-Woolas-Blears continuum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63594639091321495132007-05-28T13:31:00.000+01:002007-05-28T13:31:00.000+01:00Quite agree Iain, but there is a broader point wit...Quite agree Iain, but there is a broader point with regard to immigration. If we had a points system, like Australia, then we could ensure that those economic migrants are accepted on their merits and skills. This could also include due consideration for those who have made a significant contribution such as Mr. Pun. By doing so we would have a rational and transparent immigration system in which cases of injustice, such as this one, would be few and far between. <BR/><BR/>Why is it that unlike countries, such as the U.S. and Australia, we have such difficulty in discussing immigration in an open and productive manner? Is it really beyond our politicians to debate the merits, or otherwise, of economic immigration and get beyond categorising anyone with views on the matter as xenophobic or worse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com