On 17 Feb 2010, at 12:43, [email protected] wrote: > The only thing that I can find is a badge that they can get through > the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. This is not an official > medal, and cannot be worn as such. It is no different from the > assorted mickey mouse medals that anyone can buy. It is certainly > not a campaign medal. > > www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/7006304/MPs-criticised-for-accepting-Mickey-Mouse-medals.html > gives most of the detail.
OK, so it's not a campaign medal, but frankly it still sounds pretty tacky. Wearing a uniform, giving each other ranks, getting the "medal" at a ceremony in Speaker's House attended by senior Defence staff. Basically, because so few of our elected reps have genuine service in the Forces (with a few honourable exceptions, admittedly) we now have to bribe them with this stuff to find out what it's like. Like Andy Murrison, they could always join the RNR or the TA and put themselves in harm's way. Might make them a little more careful about taking us to war... I'm not sorry I signed the petition. All the best Bruce Follow the building of Sanity Again at http://sanityagain.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
