What's going on with this issue? I thought the Gurkhas were The Good Guys?
It's rather a complicated story - but the essentials are that until recently only Gurkhas who ended their service after 1997 had the right to settle in the UK, the reason being that before that date the Gurkha regiment was always based abroad. A court ruling found this restiction illegal a year or two back, and the campaigners on the issue have been waiting for the government to come up with revised rules. These were published recently, and were widely rubbished as a fudge. Although the right to settle was extended, it was still highly qualified. What's now happened is that these new rules have been voted down in Parliament, to general delight.