The government will this week launch an attempt to deny soldiers crippled in battle full compensation for their injuries.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will go to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to try to slash the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers by up to 70%. If the government wins, it will fuel the mounting disquiet over the relatively paltry payments some soldiers are receiving for lifelong injuries.
The legal action comes as British troops are suffering their heaviest casualties since the beginning of the conflict in Afghanistan in 2001.
Of course we cannot afford both paying damages to injured soldiers, and MPs fiddled expenses claims. Something has to give. Soldiers provide a front line service while MPs...while MPs...while MPs...
I'll try and think of a good reason why we have MPs who are a drain on our resources.
