In November 2023, we exposed the 1988 NRPB Study into the Nuclear Veterans as no longer being independent as the Ministry of Defence re-wrote the conclusion.
Mr McTaggart of the Ministry of Defence wrote to Dr R Clarke who was the Director of the National Radiological Protection Board don 4 January 1988.
He stated:
"Both documents contain sections which in view of MOD official are ether defective in logic or potentially misleading."
Yet this was an independent report, with no input from the MOD, as quoted by Viscount Cranbourne in the House of Lords in 1992:
“I want to emphasis the independence of the NRPB report; indeed, it
would be quite useless if it were in any way influenced
by the Ministry of Defence.”
You can read the full report on our previous blog:
We sent this evidence to many MP's who have either been a Secretary of State for Defence, are the current Secretary of State for Defence or are involved as current Cabinet Office Ministers (including the Prime Minister), the silence is deafening:
Tobias Ellwood MP - No Response
Grant Shapps MP - No Response
Andrew Murrison MP - No Response
Sir Gavin Williamson MP - No Response
Penny Mordaunt MP - No Response
Steven McCabe MP - No Response
Rishi Sunak MP - No Response
Johnny Mercer MP - No Response
The only one to respond is Chris Evans MP, he is the only one who has stood up and has organised a meeting to discuss the issue. Why the silence from everyone involved in the Ministry of Defence or our Veterans Minister?
Are they too busy or is it because this evidence shows that the 'independent' report that is now relied upon for War Pension Claims and is still quoted today is not 'independent' and the MOD actually rewrote the conclusion to fit their narrative.
The establishment has been caught out, the evidence is clear, Mr McTaggart even provides the following patronising statement:
'The succession of "if real", "if caused by radiation", "probably due to
ingestion of a long lived radionuclide", at best leaves the casual reader
with the impression that the excess is real, it was caused by radiation
and that there is evidence of ingestion of radionuclides and at worst
give the veterans a bonanza of phrases to quote out of context.'
The Office for Veterans' Affairs have been asked to follow up the correspondence. No response from the OVA Director Matthew Seward or OVA Deputy Director Sam Tillotson. Nothing from the Veteran's Minister, no response at all, just blocked us on Twitter.
Is the UK the best place to be a Veteran? Only when it suits the establishment, when a photo opportunity is available, not when they are caught out.
We are fighting the establishment, we are fighting a 72 year old narrative, to deny any harm to these men and their families. By rewriting a report, changing the British Medical Journal and continuing to use this report and quoting it as 'independent' they are all complicit. By not asking questions and investigating, they are complicit. This is a national scandal, which has cost the lives of thousands of veterans. Many died of cancer, many died young, many unable to have children.
Our founder was sat with a Nuclear Veteran last week who was left infertile by the tests, he was not able to have children. He is now 85. He was crying when he said:
"At 11:00am I go for breakfast in Waitrose, I sit alone as my wife has now passed and watch the people, older people with their grandchildren, enjoying their company and I am extremely sad. The UK Government robbed me and my wife of that."
It is heart-breaking watching an 85 year-old crying in front of you because he stood up and did his duty for Queen and country. These MP's need to hear his story, it is disgraceful that they have not even responded. If you are angry after reading this and one of the above MP's is your MP, write to them with this link and ask them why they haven't responded to the evidence provided to them.
If your MP is Johnny Mercer, write to him or call into his constituency office and ask him why he is not investigating this extremely important matter, many veterans have been denied War Pensions because of this 'independent' report.
You can watch the full story of the NRPB interference here:
The silence is deafening, this is why we need your help to sue the MOD for the way they have treated the Nuclear Veterans and their families.
Please help us https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/nuclear-veterans-case/
Help us by donating, sharing this blog, writing to your MP and getting involved. Don't sit back, we need your help to undo 72 years of injustice.
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