This article refers to discrimination against soldiers of the armed forces of the United Kingdom which encompasses the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In December 2007, the Prime Minister requested a report to evaluate the relationship between “our Armed Forces and the rest of society”. The report to the Prime Minister refers to a number of incidents, namely: An army officer was refused entry to Harrods in November 2006 (Harrods continues to refuse entrance to persons in ‘combat dress’); Troops returning from Afghanistan were told to change into civilian clothes at Birmingham Airport in December 2007; Troops returning from Afghanistan into Edinburgh Airport were directed away from the public areas through ad hoc facilities in 2007; Patients from the Armed Forces rehab
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| - This article refers to discrimination against soldiers of the armed forces of the United Kingdom which encompasses the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In December 2007, the Prime Minister requested a report to evaluate the relationship between “our Armed Forces and the rest of society”. The report to the Prime Minister refers to a number of incidents, namely: An army officer was refused entry to Harrods in November 2006 (Harrods continues to refuse entrance to persons in ‘combat dress’); Troops returning from Afghanistan were told to change into civilian clothes at Birmingham Airport in December 2007; Troops returning from Afghanistan into Edinburgh Airport were directed away from the public areas through ad hoc facilities in 2007; Patients from the Armed Forces rehab
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| - This article refers to discrimination against soldiers of the armed forces of the United Kingdom which encompasses the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In December 2007, the Prime Minister requested a report to evaluate the relationship between “our Armed Forces and the rest of society”. The report to the Prime Minister refers to a number of incidents, namely: An army officer was refused entry to Harrods in November 2006 (Harrods continues to refuse entrance to persons in ‘combat dress’); Troops returning from Afghanistan were told to change into civilian clothes at Birmingham Airport in December 2007; Troops returning from Afghanistan into Edinburgh Airport were directed away from the public areas through ad hoc facilities in 2007; Patients from the Armed Forces rehabilitation centre at Headley Court were subjected to verbal abuse in November 2007; RAF personnel were banned from wearing uniform in Peterborough after incidents of verbal abuse; and there were other unreported incidents of discrimination and harassment against soldiers. In December 2008, a pizza shop discontinued offering discounts to members of the British troops but continued to offer such discounts to the police, the fire service and NHS staff. On 4 September 2008, the Metro Hotel refused a wounded soldier a room, forcing him to spend the night in his car. Moreover, there were incidents of public houses banning soldiers in 2002.
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