Daniel Hannan MEP is in Nepal, presuambly observing the election, and he reports that Nepal's newly elected Maoist* government wants to stop the recruitment of Nepalese men into the Gurkha regiments of Britain ( along with those of India and Singapore).
They have been serving in the British Army since the end of the Gurkha War ( 1814-1816), a conflict which was concurrent with the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Not to be jingoistic, but fighting three wars on three continents simultaneously and achieving the desired objectives in all three is a pretty impressive feat!
Anyway hopefully the prospect of losing the Gurkhas can encourage the British government to treat them correctly.
* Hopefully their Maoism is about as deep as that of peace protesters who wear Mao T-shirts and 'Free Tibet' badges together.
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"..hopefully the prospect of losing the Gurkhas can encourage the British government to treat them correctly."
You'd think. But it almost certainly won't. It will be champagne and cake in the MoD when they hear this - a persistant thorn removed, and by the other side too!
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