Topic: DC Stephen Oake - Sign The Petition Posted: 15 November 2006 at 10:36am
The government have today introduced a facility whereby Tony Blair can be petitioned by the general public. I have submitted a petition to have the decision not to award DC Oake a George Cross reversed. Once the petition has been approved it can be viewed here...
Please visit the site and check for the petition and add your electronic signature. Tell your friends and colleagues and lets see if we can get this up and running.
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Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:10pm
Excuse my ignorance, but can someone give me some background to this case? Not that I refuse my support, but as a serving soldier I know of many cases where medals were merited for the wrong reasons, to the wrong people and as equally deserving citations were ommitted for political reasons.
Good on yer'. I hope this will redress a very sad affair.
I am currently doing some work in southern Africa where I have to say, the British Bobbie is held in high regard. A South African friend of mine - an old lady now, told me the story of how when she arrived in London "in exile" from the former regime, she was at Victoria Station totally bewildered and the only person she felt safe to go to was a British Bobby ............ as she told the story she had a lump in her throat because when she explained her predicament, the PC took her to the right bus and told the conductor where to put her off the bus. This was the first time, she said, that a white person in uniform had been kind to her in her entire life. If she were a British Citizen I can assure you she'd be signing Stephen Oake's petition, Old Bill can't do anything wrong in her eyes!
I can't vote as I live in France , though I am a British Citizen???
Yes you can, my mate lives in Thailand, but he is a British Citizen, and he has signed.
Come on folks, pass the details of this around to as many people as you can. Lets shoot for as many signatures as possible and show tis spineless government what we think.
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Posted: 16 November 2006 at 2:28pm
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