British Law Firms persecuting British Servicemen

In particular, Martyn Day and his law firm Leigh Day, who are perhaps the ultimate ‘Social Justice Warriors’ – selflessly fighting for light, truth and justice to make sure that the hideous crimes of the Iraq War (or those committed by our side, anyway) are put right, with nary a mention of the £20 million they are likely to trouser for their noble deeds.

This is a British law firm which has already made £11million squids by raking through the dirt and driving a ‘witch hunt’ against British servicemen alleged to have mistreated Iraqi citizens during the invasion and occupation of that shithole.

“Leigh Day has successfully brought 330 civil cases relating to claims of mistreatment of Iraqi citizens by British forces between 2003 and 2010, earning the firm millions, co-founder Martyn Day told the Defence select committee today.

He added that there are likely to be a further 475 cases which can also be successfully brought against the MoD. The final sums paid out of taxpayers’ pockets to Leigh Day in costs alone are expected to top £20 million. The MoD has already made payments of £20m in damages to Iraqi victims while the final bill is likely to be millions more”

I don’t imagine any of this readership is naïve enough to doubt that a very small minority of the troops deployed – from every nation that made up the coalition forces – may have behaved badly towards the unfortunate soldiery and citizens of the place, but it really does stick in the craw to see a bunch of opportunist cunts like this ‘chasing the ambulance’ and making a very tidy sum for their troubles. Whatever the details of each individual case, the demoralising effect that this shit has on our military is significant, let alone the financial cost of challenging and defending the cases, and paying the fines and costs incurred.

A firm of 500 hawkish legal types using all of their snake-like skills to rake up the dirt and blacken the reputation of our service folk, and being paid handsomely when they manage to defeat in Court some chump from the Army Legal Service and a bunch of errant squaddies.

I can’t quite see a similar arrangement being so well tolerated by the French or Israeli governments – or any other country that hasn’t gone all Graham Norton about a bit of a scrap a long way from home.

Meanwhile, those of our own who have come back minus a few working parts or with the ever more prevalent ‘Mental Health’ issues, face a long road to recovery and the even more terrifying prospect of being picked for the Invictus Spackalumpics and having to run, jump or swim just to amuse the Ginger Prince and his evil henchwomen Clare Baldything.

My only consolation is that, because I don’t live in Baghdad or Basra, I haven’t been bombarded with nuisance phone calls from these ‘No Win, No Fee’ cunts whose ‘records show that you were involved in an incident that wasn’t your fault’ and offering to get me my ‘rightful compensation’ for the dreadful things done to me by the British Bastards who were inconsiderate enough to come and rescue me from a murderous tyrant in the first place.

Yet.

Nominated by Gunner Sugden

(Compromise)

Compromise is a cunt, isn’t it?

As the old joke goes, my wife and I compromise on everything: She wanted to watch Downton Abbey but I wanted to watch the football – so we compromised and watched Downton Abbey. It’s an amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they both agree to let the wife have her choice.

When both sides yield, neither is the winner and nobody is content. It eventually becomes an unhappy medium which falls betwixt two stools.

Often there cannot be an acquiesce, or at least shouldn’t be. If a family of five wanted a pet, they might discuss and debate it before having a family vote. If the vote produces three votes for a dog and two votes for a cat, how can they compromise? The dog wins so a dog should be bought.
They shouldn’t purchase a gerbil; they shouldn’t search for a dog-like cat or a hybrid feline-hound; why reduce the demand with a bio-hacked mutant which satisfies nobody?

Fuck compromise.

Nominated by Captain Magnanimous

Cunts who use coupons at supermarkets. I was in Sainsburys earlier buying my parents a bottle of Heineken each for Christmas and was stuck behind a guy getting all his individual coupons out to save no more than a couple of quid for what felt like an age. When I come to power coupons will be banned – if you shop around like any reasonable person does there’s no need for them anyway.

Nominated by OpinionatedCunt

Vincent Lamb

“Who?” You might ask. Well until yesterday I had never heard of him either. According to his imdb page he’s an “award winning director and producer from Ireland”. He’s now come into the public eye thanks to his latest project, Detainment, which is about one of the most horrific crimes in the history of the UK; the murder of 3 yr old James Bulger. He claims the film was made to get a “deeper understanding” of the crime and the two 10 yr olds who did it, which to me translates into “humanise” them.
Lamb has also admitted that he’s never spoken to either of little James’ parents before making the film, stating that if he had spoken to them then it probably wouldn’t have been made. And now, to add an extra gut punch to them, the film has been shortlisted for an Oscar!!!
If Vincent Lamb had any measure of human decency he’d request the film to be pulled. But then again if he had any measure of human decency he never would have thought about using this topic to boost his career in the first place!!

Nominated by Cunt me in