SECRET PLAN TO DISBAND GURKHAS

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It's just kite flying at the moment I think. It comes up as an issue periodically, certainly it's been an occasionally muttered issue whilst the whole settlement and pension rights for Gurkas thing is so current.

Tory MP and former infantry officer Patrick Mercer said: “The great advantage of the Gurkhas always used to be that they were plentiful and they were cheap. But with the new agreements that they are getting they are rapidly becoming more and more expensive.”

He said the Gurkhas were being saved at the moment because of a recruitment shortfall in the Army.

“But if recruiting in Britain increases, the justification for the Gurkhas will become more untenable,” he added.

There ye go. problem solved. I don't see any great hike in army recruitment any time soon over here.