What do you think about this petition to 10 downing street?......http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Injury-awards/?

Question

Its about a Ministry of Defence worker (typist) who got repetetive strain injury to her thumb through TYPING and got nearly half a MILLION quid compensation while the armed forces (also employed by the MOD) can be severely disabled or even killed serving their country and cannot expect anything close to that amount.
The petition is to the government to get armed forces personnel on the same level as MOD civillian employees when it comes to issues such as injury. How can someone strain their thumb and deserve nearly half a million quid yet a soldier loose a leg and get virtually nothing.
If you agree then sign up and forward this on........
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Injury-awards/
Thanks and support our boys n girls all over the world who are looking out for us!

Answer 1

ok - i'll sign. I think there is one on there to stop closing military hospitals too. Hope everyone signs that too. These people need to be among their fellow soldiers who understand what they are going through, especially when they have PTSD too.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/stophospitals/

PS If you put this in polls and surveys it might get more answers and sign ups

Answer 2

Two Points:

1. the woman was a civilian employee of the MOD and is covered under a different set of work laws than a military person.

2. British Military Force personnel sign a document when joining the Military saying they will pursue NO CLAIMS if they get injured.

Your petition while good intentioned is worthless, imagine (if it was granted) that serving soldiers could seek compensation then you would have to allow claims dating back to WW2 veterans, Korean Veterans, the various Emergency situations such as Malaysia, Aden, Korea, N. Ireland, Falklands etc...etc...
the cost to the British tax-payer would be enormous.

Answer 3

Though I'm one of your "American cousins" I heartily support this effort to overturn a monstrous example of governmental wrong-footing. It calls the mind an incident many years ago when the Health Ministry wanted to cut the pensions given to former POWs held in World War Two if there was evidence that they smoked during captivity. I think it's high time for the Right Honorable Gordon Brown to start sacking some folks at the MOD. A little redundancy exercise might clear some heads and also assist the Chancellor of the Exchequer in tidying up the books.
I had the good fortune to go on manuevers with a British regiment out of Hong Kong on a SEATO exercise many years ago. Each one of them was top form!

Answer 4

Well those MoD creeps have always been the same, penny-pinching useless bureaucrats whose only purpose is to sit on their fat asses, collecting their index linked pension for a lifetimes service of uselessness. They waste billions on "defence projects", while British soldiers die for lack of decent equipment.
These deskbound creeps disgust me beyond words!!!
I am ex paratrooper and was medically discharged after parachute accident and had to fight them for years to get compensation.
Seems things have not improved much since! I certainly would not sign up for any service in future , get those useless b********, stick them in uniform and stick them in the frontline!

Answer 5

Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I'll sign that petition.

Other users might consider signing the petition I started at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/defencesecretary/ - it's mad that Gordon Brown has given the Scotland brief to the Defence Secretary.

Just hurt my thumb typing this reply to you - is that my fault, your fault or that MoD typist's fault for giving the thumb's up?

Answer 6

particular, I even have used it assorted circumstances. replaced into I happy with the end result? What result? i could besides have despatched it off on a helium balloon for all of the version it made. i do no longer for one minute think everyone even seems at them, and in the event that they do this is probable to have a chuckle at our rate.

Answer 7

I have signed it and hope that this Labour Government take notice! the paki type is the pathetic one.

Answer 8

You have my signature.
Utter disgrace the way our soldiers are treated today.

Answer 9

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