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nuclear test veterans - LABRATS

mp information 

for all members of parliament

Please take 10 minutes to watch the above video and read this information. We appreciate that some of you were not born when the testing program ended in 1991, and that you were not taught about the testing program in school. This is because the Ministry of Defence do not want to tell you the truth.

important information

- THE UNITED KINGDOM TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

- 45 DETONATIONS IN AUSTRALIA, THE PACIFIC AND THE USA. (INCLUDING UNDERGROUND TESTS)

- STARTING IN 1952 AND FINISHING IN 1991.

- APPROXIMATELY 600 MINOR TRIALS IN MARALINGA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

- THE MINOR TRIALS CONTAMINATED SACRED ABORIGINAL LANDS.

- AROUND 22,000 SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH NUCLEAR TESTING PROGRAM.

- COMMONWEALTH SERVICEMEN ALSO WERE PRESENT. (NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, FIJI & CANADA)

- ONLY AN ESTIMATED 10% REMAIN TODAY. (BASED ON MEDAL APPLICATIONS JUNE 2024)

- MANY HAVE DIED AT A YOUNG AGE OR FACED MAJOR ILlNESSES SUCH AS CANCER OR HEART ISSUES.

- THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR HARM SINCE 1952.

- DESPITE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT ANY SMALL DOSE OF IONISING RADIATION CAN CAUSE DAMAGE.

- THE UK IS THE ONLY TESTING COUNTRY NOT TO RECOGNISE THEIR NUCLEAR VETERANS.

- IN 2022 A COMMERATIVE MEDAL WAS AWARDED AFTER 6 YEARS OF CAMPAIGNING.

- BORIS JOHNSON IS THE ONLY PRIME MINISTER TO FORMALLY MEET NUCLEAR VETERANS.

- RISHI SUNAK REFUSED 12 REQUESTS AFTER AWARDING THE MEDAL. DESPITE A PERSONAL PROMISE.

- PREVIOUS VETERANS MINISTER JOHNNY MERCER TOLD US TO SUE THE MOD AND THEN BLOCKED US.

- SIR KEIR STARMER AND ANGELA RAYNOR HAVE PROMISED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

- FOR DECADES WE HAVE CAMPAIGNED FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

- SUCCESSIVE UK GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED, DENYING RESPONSIBILITY.

- WE HAVE MANY MP'S FIGHTING FOR OUR CAUSE. WE HAVE CROSS PARTY SUPPORT.

- THE COMMUNITY HAVE STARTED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE MOD.

- WE LOSE MANY VETERANS EACH WEEK.

- EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

LISTEN TO REBECCA LONG-BAILEY mp

Speech in Parliament on the 18th July 2024 calling upon the Labour government to end this 72 year scandal.

Thank you for your time. Please contact Rebecca Long-Bailey MP or Sir John Hayes MP for further information regarding our campaign for truth and justice. Do your duty, our veterans did theirs.

briefing document

If you are a Member of Parliament, download the briefing document below to read thoroughly. If you are a member of the public, download it and send it to your MP so that they are aware of the testing program and the asks of hte community. We need to educate as many MP's as possible.

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