Soldiers' compensation case is 'car crash politics'

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Uploaded by on Jul 28, 2009

Falklands war veteran Simon Weston hits out at the Government's appeal against compensation awards for injured soldiers.. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn_news

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  • Crackhead your an idiot. Compensation is to cover loss of earings and to buy disability equipment a lot of soldiers will have to spend loads on upgrading their car because they dont have the ability to drive a normal one. Some soldiers wont be able to get a job with having no legs or mental problems. Soldiers should get paid same as a rockstar in the first place. How can you say your a big supporter of them if you have zero respect for what they have to put up with when they come home.

  • Although I dont agree with this war. I think that if a Government is prepared to send someone to war it should at least have the decency and responsability to look after that person if he or she is injured and or needs looking after for the rest of their lives.If we cant look after our troops Dont send them to war in the first place!.

  • So what you're saying then crackhead71234 is that if you had an accident at work you wouldn't deserve to get compensation?

  • we should all respect him, iv met him and had a conversation and he cant write proparly and that, anyway we bought his book and he signed it and he said his ship got blown up by the neermy and lots of his fellow friends died and the fire from the explosion melted his face and hands etc, and they had to take skin from healthy parts of his body on his burns to heal it. he is brave.

  • The goverment would rather pay immigrants in Calais £1700 each and a ticket home before they even get here.

  • hey i'm a big supporter of the armed forces and know they do a very difficult job, but i can't understand why they should be paid any compensation at all. nobody forced them to join and they knew full well what the risks were when they signed up. i could understand paying compensation to say a librarian who's leg was blown off by a landmine, but if it happens to a soldier who knew what he was letting himself in for then why the fuck should he be paid anything more than his normal wage?

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