Bit late with this, but still…

Remember that fragrant Home Office policy of billing released victims of miscarriages of justice for their prison bed and board?

Here’s another charming one from the Ministry of Defence. You’re a war widow. You receive a war widow’s pension. You have reason to believe your husband was killed by way of negligence on the part of the MoD and decide to sue. You win your case and compensation, a small offset against the loss of your husband. To add insult to injury, the MoD reduces your war widow’s pension.

Still, they may have contributed to the death of your husband, but you’re getting your ten grand a year, aren’t you? Stop whining. That fact that a string of successful court cases might make the MoD re-examine their duty of care to British soldiers is neither here nor there.