Welcome Gurkhas
by Graham Davies

Stuff Party Politics. It was certainly an unlikely alliance of Tory, Lib Dem and Labour MPs who defeated the government's attempt to exclude as many Gurkhas as possible from living here. But it was a victory for decency and simple fair play.

Kilo for kilo, the Gurkhas are the fiercest warriors in the world. Their height is inversely proportional to their bravery and loyalty to the British Crown. The role they have played in the security of this country has never been properly repayed in terms of long-term security for them and their families.

The Gurkhas are loyal, patriotic and hard-working....just the sort of people I would like living in my country. In fact, I would rather have them than many people who were actually born here.

You can give your life for us, but you can't live with us is a presentational Micro-Message that has that has hopefully died forever.