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Published Date: 03 May 2009
WELCOME to Scotland on Sunday's online feature, Question of the Week.
Each week we ask the readers of scotlandonsunday.com for their views on a burning issue from the past seven days.

The best responses may be reproduced on the Online Forum page in Sunday's print edition of the newspaper on May 10th.

If you wish to appear in Scotland on Sunday, then, along with your response, please leave a first name and surname, as well as your location - eg Tom Smith, Edinburgh. We welcome all comments.

The question this week is...

Should Gordon Brown have given in to Joanna Lumley on the Gurkhas issue?



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1

Blarney,

Arbroath 07/05/2009 23:09:24
Yes
2

Peekay,

08/05/2009 07:04:14
No. The Gurkhas are mercenary soldiers who were paid for their services. We certainly owe them no more than the Iraqi interpreters that we are now happy to abandon. It is a sad day when democratically elected government has policy dictated to them by a second-rate actress.
3

jm - glasgow,

09/05/2009 12:11:11
This is a double-edged question. While I’m not sure the rights and wrongs of the Gurkhas’ situation are as cut and dried as the charming Ms Lumley would have us believe, it’s frankly absurd that she should so easily be able to box the Prime Minister into a corner to the cheers of the public. Why couldn’t Brown come out and say he’d had a change of heart of flatly contradict her the moment the actress had held her astonishing press conference. Let’s get rid of him ASAP. The Prime Minister has now proved beyond doubt that he lacks the authority to lead.
4

KillieTommy,

Kilmarnock 10/05/2009 03:30:22
Yes without a doubt. It's the least we can do.
Why doesn't the government give themselves a target of kicking out an undesirable, false asylum seeker or resenter of the British way of life for every ex Gurkha or family member they let in.
5

Gordon McGinn,

Troon, Scotland 10/05/2009 09:37:18
Yes, definitely!

 

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