IT’S NOW 315 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans requested a meeting with Prime Minister
@Keir_Starmer
• Defence Secretary
@JohnHealey_MP told the nuclear test veterans in opposition
“On behalf of the British Labour Party I’ve said to our veterans your campaign is our campaign”
“There is no good reason, there is no good moral reason, there is no good military reason for withholding the compensation other countries have had”
• Deputy Prime Minister
@AngelaRayner told the veterans
“Myself and my Labour colleagues are calling on the Secretary of State for Defence to..liaise with the treasury to set up an appropriate financial compensation program for veterans and their descendants as America, France, Australia, China, Russia Fiji and the Isle of Man have done”
• Armed Forces Minister
@LukePollard said
“We need to see not only the recognition for our nuclear veterans but also the compensation that they deserve “
He said the Conservative Government’s failure to give them compensation was “really dumb”
Despite expressing his "gratitude" to the veterans in opposition, after becoming PM, Mr Starmer has made no public comment on the nuclear blood test programme and 10 months since Labour came to power, there is no compensation scheme, no recognition beyond a commemorative medal which was authorised by the Tories and and a "thorough" review of the archives promised to Parliament by Mr Healey has been given no budget with which to find answers.
Our nuclear test veterans, national heroes to whom this country owes a huge debt of honour and gratitude, most of whom are now in their eighties and with chronic ill health - are calling on the Prime Minister to meet with them & honour the commitment which his party to them in opposition.
Will you now meet with them Prime Minister? It’s the very least the veterans deserve
@fleetstreetfox @atomiclabrats
🚨PLEASE DON’T BETRAY OUR NUCLEAR TEST VETERANS PM
As video emerges of the Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Secretary & Armed Forces Minister BACKING compensation for nuclear test veterans in opposition, veterans call on
@Keir_Starmer to meet with them & honour the commitment made