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February 17, 2007

Bring Back Military Hospitals

The Prime Minister's attempts to curry favour with the public through his Downing Street petitions have backfired badly with more than 1.5 million people voting against plans for a Big Brother style vehicle tracking system. But my preferred Downing Street petition is one calling for the return of dedicated military hospitals. Given the extent to which the prime minister has been willing to send our troops into danger it seems only sensible and fair. This is the text of the petition posted by Joseph O'Gorman.  I urge you all to sign it now.

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Bring back dedicated military hospitals and provide adequate facilities (non NHS) for members of the Armed Forces who are injured or disabled in the course of their duties." 

Post your comments backing the petition on this blog before signing up to it here.

Posted on February 17, 2007 at 08:17 PM in Downing Street Petitions | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)

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    Investigative journalist Michael Smith is the British Press Awards specialist writer of the year. He writes on defence and intelligence for The Sunday Times and has broken many exclusives, not least the Downing Street Memos. Smith is the author of a number of best-selling books including the Number One bestseller Station X and Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews, which led to Israeli recognition of Foley as Righteous Among Nations, the same award given to Schindler and Wallenberg. His latest book is Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team

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