@HamlinIsland
Damar, I had an SCA in April 2022 whilst playing soccer, I had CPR and defib shock as you did. I am a lifelong Bills fan jn the UK and was watching when you collapsed. I am so pleased that you are doing well, it takes time, but you have a second chance. Take it.
@mercer_felicity
As you have direct access to your husband, can you ask him why he hasn't replied to any of our messages since meeting him 2 weeks ago? His Private Secretary has not replied at all.
@JohnnyMercerUK
Relax and enjoy family time. Next week think about these servicemen and their families. They are still waiting for their medal. We lost another member of the community this week, we supported the family, whilst we waited for a response from you.
If you believe
@RishiSunak
supports Nuclear Veterans, watch this video. He isn't interested, he has refused to meet with us 12 times since November 2022. Johnny Mercer has blocked us and has ignored emails and letters. The UK is definitely not the best place to be a Nuclear
"I can't pin a medal on a gravestone."
The testimony of a daughter who just wants the Prime Minister to look her father in the eye, and apologise for the Cold War radiation experiments which have caused so much damage. Full story by
@fleetstreetfox
If we had
#HillsboroughLawNow
, cover-ups couldn’t happen. Too many scandals have been met with official lies by a state silencing people, instead of helping them.
Proud, and sad, to have got the nuclear veterans added to the shameful list of those wronged by their governments.
Dear Prime Minister,
As this is the last day of Parliament before the summer recess, we wanted to remind you that you made a promise to us on the 8th of June to personally oversee recognition for the British Nuclear Test Veterans.
#lookmeintheeye
1/3
@EJ_McGuinness
@RishiSunak
@JohnnyMercerUK
Has he really? 12 times we asked to meet with him in 2 years, each time refusing. Try getting your facts right before posting such rubbish. Actually speak to the veteran communities and the groups actually helping them.
If you believe that Rishi Sunak's abandonment of the D-Day Veterans yesterday is something new, it isn't. He promised us at the Medal ceremony in November 2022 that he would meet with representatives of the Nuclear Community. We have asked 12 times and he has refused or not
@JohnnyMercerUK
@XForces
Tough week for Nuclear Veterans who are still waiting for the recognition you promised them. This week has seen more deaths in our community while you have a 'tough' week. All,we want is an explanation for the delay and a date for the medals to be awarded. Not too much to ask.
So
@RishiSunak
wants to bring back National service. Shame he never met with the Nuclear Veterans who were forced under the scheme to watch Nuclear explosions which exposed them and has caused massive damage to their families. Experimented on. Listen to them.
Johnny Mercer told me that if we had evidence to sue the Ministry of Defence, so I did. He has had the evidence and decided not to support us. Instead just blocking us on Twitter.
@mercer_felicity
Today at Prime Ministers Questions,
@EmmaLewellBuck
MP asked the Prime Minister for a meeting to discuss the Nuclear Test Veterans. We thank Emma for her continued support and keeping us on the agenda, especially so early on in the Labour government.
@AlistairCarns
we need to set
@mercer_felicity
@WeAreInvictus
Yet he refused invitations to meet 120 nuclear veterans and their families over the past 2 years. The event is approx 2 hours from your house. He gave us a video last year but couldn't be bothered this year, despite numerous requests.
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Dr Ian Gibson MP on the 9th April.
Dr Ian Gibson MP for Norwich South was a defender of the truth of science against Government ideology. His support for the nuclear test veterans will never, ever be forgotten."
As promised, here is the evidence of the infiltration of the MoD into the NTV Groups. No response from
@JohnnyMercerUK
or
@BWallaceMP
yet despite having a copy on Friday.
Infiltration using
@PoppyLegion
, Crown employees and their husbands.
Please RT.
This ruling has major repercussions for the MOD for all Veterans records. The judge ruling that withholding the records is unlawful, which puts the pending legal case on an even stronger footing.
@fleetstreetfox
The
@DefenceHQ
wall of denial is crumbling.
@fleetstreetfox
When a D-Day veteran says you have let the country down. You should resign. These men watched their colleagues die, they experienced horrors. I don't think Rishi has a clue what they went through and to be honest, he doesn't care. Not interested, just interested in money.
Shame you didn't tell us or invite anyone from the
#lookmeintheeye
campaign to attend. Despite thousands of hours campaigning, lots of meetings, you didn't invite
@fleetstreetfox
or any of the campaigners or even tell us it was happening.
This evening on Facebbok the ex- Veterans Minister Mr Mercer took credit for getting the Nuclear Veterans Medal, said he never lied to Veterans and did everything he could. Yet when I presented him with evidence of MOD corruption he said 'if you think you have a case sue them'
We have been informed another Nuclear Veteran has passed away without seeing his medal. We told you how important it was
@JohnnyMercerUK
you are aware of their age, yet still nothing from you about when the veterans will receive their medals and no guarantees. Care to comment?
@PippaCrerar
@itvnews
He told a nuclear veteran he would meet with us, then 2 years later and after 12 requests he has not met with us, saying he was too busy. He doesn't care about Veterans.
At his latest event,
@RishiSunak
says he will do everything to ensure that the UK is the best place to be a veteran, yet he has refused to meet the Nuclear Veterans 12 times. More lies from this PM.
@fleetstreetfox
My dad had a sense of guilt about what happened because when I was born, he approached my mum and said, I think it's my fault.
@benwallace
when are you going to act?
@StePurse
Steve Purse describes the impact of the testing program on his family and his father.
#lookmeintheeye
Andy is right, as we remember those who have passed and given the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country, it is time the UK Government stood up and ended this injustice.
Our nuclear test veterans are victims of a Whitehall cover-up at least as serious as infected blood.
On this particular day, all parties should commit to back veterans of all generations and that includes manifesto pledges of truth and justice for those exposed to nuclear tests.
This is why veterans and their families matter
@RishiSunak
. Listen to
@StePurse
. You have not met with us since November 2022. Ignored 12 requests to meet with us. You have a chance to end the 72 years of injustice, end the cover-up, the scandal and do the right thing.
You have
NTV Medal design approved and in Production, with the first veterans set to receive their medal ahead of Remembrance Sunday this year.
#lookmeintheeye
@JohnnyMercerUK
@JohnnyMercerUK
We are so far behind other countries in supporting our veterans. These people put their lives on the line, ready to die for this country, show them some respect.
@supertanskiii
As we don't have the PM anymore doing interviews, send out the Chairman, let's see how he does. He is worse. Who else do we have or should we just stop?
Good morning everyone and welcome to 2022. In case you missed it, Susie Boniface again informed hundreds of thousands of people on Sky News about the fight for recognition.
It is 22:43, New Year's Eve 2021, and
@fleetstreetfox
is still working hard for our cause.
#lookmeintheeye
So why did the Chiefs of Staff not attend the Nuclear tests at Christmas Island?
The Chiefs of Staff would learn absolutely nothing by seeing a big bang. Yet you forced the veterans to stand and watch.
@StePurse
@fleetstreetfox
@almurray
Many believe that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) infiltrated the Nuclear Test Veteran Campaign Groups, spying on their activities, but it is much worse.
It is shocking and will be revealed on Sunday at 10am via our Blog.
They are tieing themselves in knots, twisting and turning. They are scared because we know the truth, have the evidence and we are doing as the Veterans Minister said, bringing legal action.
The MoD denied ever having documents about blood tests of its own troops.
Then it admitted having them.
Now a minister says there's definitely nothing in the files - that he admits he hasn't read! 😂
He isn't interested, didn't meet with us despite promises and the community haven't instigated litigation yet, so this is a very misleading answer. I was refused full access to my father's medical records and they still have not been released.
@RishiSunak
1/ Many Nuclear testing veterans have not been provided with their full medical records, which are crucial for receiving war pensions. But the PM
@RishiSunak
either doesn’t get it, or doesn’t want to know.
This fathers day, we remember those men whose life was cut short due to their participation at the British Nuclear Tests. Those families whose lives could have been so different. The children who watched their fathers suffer and the children who lost their fathers at a very early
Andy Burnham was interviewed by Susie Boniface regarding the
#nukedblood
scandal reported by the Daily Mirror today.
It is a 70-year scandal of cover-ups, lies and denial. We need a full inquiry now and we need formal recognition for these veterans in this 70th Anniversary year.
A very emotional evening for Nuclear Test Veterans and the community after watching Call The Midwife on BBC1.
On behalf of the Atomic community, we would like to thank the production team, especially Heidi Thompson and Stephen McGann for the powerful message.
@CallTheMidwife1
We remembered the fallen at the Cenotaph today. (Pictures courtesy of
@fleetstreetfox
)
Great to see the distinctive yellow and black and the
#missingmedal
badges.
A big thank you to everyone who represented the Nuclear Veterans today, many of who travelled a long way to attend.
At the NMA today, we achieved one of our goals, a medal and formal recognition by the UK Government, announced by
@RishiSunak
This is what it means Eric Barton, Operation Dominic Veteran.
An amazing win against the MoD! A judge has ordered them to hand over the records it’s withholding of Sqn Leader Terry Gledhill, whose blood tests blew open the
#nukedblood
scandal in 2022.
From a descendant of a Nuclear Veteran
@JohnnyMercerUK
,
@RishiSunak
,
@BenWallace
,
@AWMurrison
I AM upset. It’s too late now for my dad who passed end of March but I support the surviving nuclear veterans … it’s despicable they are delaying it.
Great to see a Veterans Minister back in the cabinet. The position should never have been removed.
@JohnnyMercerUK
back again.
@mercer_felicity
you can take down the petition now. First job, give the Nuclear Veterans a medal. 70 years of waiting!
#lookmeintheeye
@fleetstreetfox
Listen to these descendants
@BorisJohnson
,
@LeoDochertyUK
,
@benwallace
and tell me that you can deny these families any recognition, you deny a family study of the nuclear test veteran descendants. It is disgraceful that the UK does not recognise these veterans.
@fleetstreetfox
The recent win against
@DefenceHQ
in the latest FOI battle is available online to read:
The MOD must disclose the withheld information to the appellant within 35 days of the date of this decision.
Tick Tock! Brilliant work
@fleetstreetfox
@PennyMordaunt
Your final statement was appalling, terrible performance. I hoped for much better from you, but just another Tory with bullying tactics. Talking over people is not a great look. Pathetic.
In an Open Letter, MPs, peers, famous faces, tell Boris Johnson that with one week left in the office he should be ensuring that he awards the nuclear veterans a medal as he promised.
#lookmeintheeye
Full story in the Daily Mirror -
Nuked blood data is declassified, 24 hours after legal papers served on MoD. 150 documents which the Ministry of Defence had insisted were a state secret have been declassified.
By
@fleetstreetfox
@JohnnyMercerUK
Just a reminder that we are still waiting for replies to emails from you or the
@VeteransGovUK
. I am replying on this platform as you seem to be on it atthe moment, so can you answer our questions for the nuclear community?
At the meeting with the Prime Minister, our founder Alan Owen showed the Prime Minister the New Zealand Special Service Medal which was agreed upon by Her Majesty the Queen in 2002. 1/3
@JohnnyMercerUK
Can you reply to my emails then as the responsible person for Veterans? Being trying to get a response since the 23rd of August.
@rach_hopkins
came back to me in minutes. Nothing from yiunor
@JPAOwen
, yiu have done great work, don't split it right at the end.
@fleetstreetfox
@BWallaceMP
But it is true that thr Nuclear Test Veteran Medal has been delayed and you still haven't instructed your office to arrange a meeting with us. Despite letters, emails and phone calls. Email me info
@labrats
.international and we can meet with you this week.
Coverage of the Plutonium Jubilee in a double-page spread in
@DailyMirror
by
@fleetstreetfox
today.
Fantastic awareness-raising of the
#lookmeintheeye
campaign and continued pressure on the UK Government.
If you can, get a copy today.
This is wonderful -
@EmmaLewellBuck
was asked to formally present her constituent Jack Taylor, a RAF nuclear veteran and survivor of Op Antler in Australia in 1957, with his
#medalforheroes
. Bitterly disappointing that there has been nothing arranged for others.
@atomiclabrats
The King's Speech announced the introduction of the Hillsborough Law, a significant legislative move aimed at establishing a legal duty of candour for public servants. This development is a response to decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 victims of the Hillsborough
Frank was honoured at a surprise presentation organised by his family at Wheatley Lane Primary School, Burnley. The veteran said he thought he was going to the school to attend a talk about World War One and was shocked to learn that he was the star guest
@JohnnyMercerUK
I wouldn't call myself a hater. Just one who wants what was promised by you,
@BWallaceMP
and
@RishiSunak
is it too much to ask for an explanation for the medal delay and a date for the medal to be produced. Why is that so difficult? Since our mtg, no contact. Why?
I post this again for anyone who has not seen this document. "The Army must discover the detailed effects of various types of explosion on equipment, stores and men with and WITHOUT various types of protection." 20/05/1953. 71 years ago!
@AndyBurnhamGM
@fleetstreetfox
@almurray
SAY SORRY NOW
Today's Daily Mirror - For all the Nuclear veterans and their families.
@MayorofGM
@AndyBurnhamGM
calls upon the UK Government to end 70 years of injustice.
Thank you
@fleetstreetfox
for your dedication. Full story here -
@RishiSunak
Start by giving Nuclear Test Veterans a medal as your promised. Then look into the criminal acts of the MoD as you promised. These brave men have been ignored for 70 years. We need actions not words!
Today is Armed Forces Day.
We are thankful to everyone who serves in our Armed Forces, for their commitment to our country.
Our Nuclear Test Veterans performed their service and we thank them all.
#ArmedForcesDay
INTRODUCING LABRATS WEEKLY RADIO SHOW
Each week we will be interviewing people connected to the tests. If you would like to take part please contact Susan at media
@labrats
.international.
@AlistairCarns
@Keir_Starmer
@JohnHealey_MP
We look forward to meeting with you to end the 72 year old Nuclear test Veteran Scandal. speak to your predecessor, he has 200 pages of evidence that he sat on and did nothing with, I hope you now act and end the denial.
You can listen to Fallout - Living in the Shadow of the Bomb on Radio 4 today at 11am. Listen to the Veterans and their families.
@FallingTreeProd
Narrated by
@StePurse
and Directed by
@hannahsdean
. The struggle is real, we live with it every day. Tune in today
For years now, all War Pension claims are based on the NRPB reports, now we know the MOD had early sight and rewrote the report. A full inquiry is needed
@VeteransGovUK
. Cover-up and Lies. Johnny Mercer are you still convinced there is no conspiracy?
PROOF: A
@defenceHQ
official rewrote the science on nuke veteran cancers.
A spokesman refused to comment on whether it stood by the discredited report, which has been used to deny justice to the veterans for 40 years.
ATTENTION ALL NEWLY APPOINTED MPS
Britain tested nuclear weapons. You maybe too young to remember the testing program in Australia, the Pacific and USA.
- 45 DETONATIONS IN AUSTRALIA, THE PACIFIC AND THE USA. (INCLUDING UNDERGROUND TESTS)
- STARTING IN 1952 AND FINISHING IN
@KayBurley
If you believe that Rishi Sunak's abandonment of the D-Day Veterans yesterday is something new, it isn't. He promised us at the Medal ceremony in November 2022 that he would meet with representatives of the Nuclear Community. We have asked 12 times and he has refused or not
Look out for this very important documentary. Lots of hard work has gone into this production, and we are proud to be part of it.
@StePurse
@fleetstreetfox
It has emerged that details of war pensions claimed by nuclear veterans and their widows in 1991 have been locked for an astonishing 85 years on data protection grounds. The records, which may prove whether or not anyone was refused access to blood tests, will not be available to
Latest medal update:
1,444 veterans have applied
760 descendants
That's 2,244 medals overall - more than 10% of all those who served represented and recognised with a medal. Astonishing.
#lookmeintheeye
Update. No response from
@JohnnyMercerUK
, no meeting with
@BWallaceMP
despite trying to arrange one, but we did receive a response, but it has now gone quiet on all fronts. I appreciate that they both are busy, but at least engage, that is part of your role.
@JohnnyMercerUK
Not good for the Nuclear Veterans, ignored again, despite our productive mtg a few weeks ago. Still waiting for an explanation for the medal delay, still no date for award, no guarantees for Remembrance Day. Not the best week for us.
Update on Bloody Truth: The Nuclear Test Veterans’ Search for Justice - from CrowdJustice.
We remain in Phase 1 of this action, which is to try to get an answer from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on where the Veterans’ medical records are and, if they do not have them, an