[Steel_Tomb]

Its disgraceful, the Government really needs to get its act together. What gets me is how wrong the system of so called "democracy" is used in this country. The political parties beg us for their support, and then after that they leave us high and dry. Even though 95% of people who participated in a survey said that we should have a referendum on the EU Constitution... oh sorry I meant "treaty" the Government along with the Lib Dems (thought they were all for liberal stuff and standing up for the little guy???) block it so there won't be any say for UK citizens, wheres the democracy in that? The man should be getting a minimum of £40,000 A YEAR. Think of the medical costs and suffering this poor sod will have to endure for the rest of his life. I think he will be going through hell, especially with all the reconstructive surgery I would imagine he will have to go through. Absolute madness, the Labour Government should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. At the end of the war it was said that Great Britain would be "a nation fit for heroes", on the contrary, its a nation fit for ignoring the sacrifices the brave men of women of this countries armed forces put up with. What makes it even more distasteful is that they're not necessarily doing it for the security of the UK, but for the people of foreign countries, which in my mind deserves the utmost respect. To go and make personal sacrifices for people you've never even met before is an especially honorable thing to do.

I may be biased on this issuse, as I'm planning to join the RAF as a pilot this summer, but its a subject that needs to be discussed more openly. The Government needs to get a grilling over this issue, preferably on live TV, there's something about watching politicians squirm in a corner that is very appealing to me!