In November 2004, Neil Heritage was blown up by a car bomb near Camp Dogwood in Iraq. He lost both his legs in the explosion and woke up two weeks later. A bomb disposal expert, he was finishing his shift when the attack took place.
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Telegraph on 4th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Expert group to consider the introduction of no-fault compensation.
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SNP on 1st Jun 2009 (via scotland.gov.uk)
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has admitted it was wrong to reduce compensation to rape victims who had been drinking. I find it shocking that this situation arose in the first place. I assume the point of criminal injuries compensation, is to compensate people for the effects of being the victim of a crime, and
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TheSecretPerson on 12th Aug 2008 (via secretperson.wordpress.com)
Bob Airnworth, defence secretary, said Tony Blair would have lost the Iraq vote if he had admitted that Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction before the invasion
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FT on 13th Dec 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
A fingerprint expert who lost her job in 2007 over the Shirley McKie affair wins her case for unfair dismissal.
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BBCPolitics on 29th Jan 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
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Whilst I am pleased that almost a full three years after a Plaid-SNP motion calling for an inquiry into the Iraq war, Labour have finally come around to accepting one needs to take place, I am disgusted (although hardly surprised) that it is due to take place behind closed doors. It is typical of New Labour that they refused to have an inquiry into the war but have now set one up to take place in ...
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GuerrillaWelshFare on 15th Jun 2009 (via guerrilla-welsh-fare.blogspot.com)
The revamped Morning Star leads with an interesting story today, Iraq WMD expert was assassinated. According to the Star, thirteen doctors have demanded a fresh inquiry into the scientist John Kelly’s death near his Oxfordshire home in 2003. Dr Kelly, a Ministry of Defense biological warfare expert who questioned the government's justification for invading Iraq, was found dead near wood...
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OrganizedRage on 14th Jul 2009 (via organizedrage.com)
Equitable Life policyholders will today find out details of a state compensation package for investments lost in the society's collapse.
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Telegraph on 15th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Outlining a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, Gordon Brown has said British troops will "leave Iraq a better place".
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ePolitix on 17th Dec 2008 (via rss.feedsportal.com)