A £1-BILLION contract could be lost from the UK because an EU directive forces the UK to accept international competition.
Thousands of jobs are at stake.
If Govt departs EU defence directives, it could use the WTO defence exemption to keep the work in the UK just like many other non-EU nations.
Introduce legal immunity for UK soldiers after a war or conflict ends
- Final Signatures: 38,040
Introduce legal immunity for UK soldiers after a war or conflict ends to stop prosecution.
Please sign this petition for all UK soldiers to be pardoned/immune from prosecution after the end of any war or conflict for their service during it.
Let’s build a 30 metre high dramatic memorial in Central London to the heroic Polish Pilots in the Battle of Britain 1940. Nor were the Poles invited to the British Victory Parade when the War ended. The proposed monument is a great opportunity to thank them for their sacrifice & dedication.
The Government responsed to this petition on 31st August 2018 (View Full Response)To make the Military Covenant legal and into Law
- Final Signatures: 14,090
Our service personnel are being let down by our Government with their failure to live up to the Military Covenant, this is because it has no legal standing although the term "covenant" implies some form of legal guarantee or contract. In fact, the covenant itself is not enshrined in UK Law.
The Government responsed to this petition on 31st May 2018 (View Full Response)Reverse the decision to close RAF Scampton
- Final Signatures: 23,508
The decision to close RAF Scampton is a national disgrace with so much history of bomber command there.
The Government responsed to this petition on 1st February 2019 (View Full Response)Ban the EU flag from UK Armed Forces uniforms.
- Final Signatures: 18,643
It is a travesty to see uniforms of Her Majesty's Armed Forces corrupted with the flag of the EU, an anti-democratic wannabe superstate which we're thankfully leaving.
Members of the Armed Forces serve the Monarch and the democratic will of the British People and NOT Mr Juncker or EU technocrats.
This petition calls on the Government to stop cuts to Devonport-based HMS Albion & HMS Bulwark. There has been recent media speculation that the Government is considering scrapping the Royal Navy's entire amphibious assault capabilities and cut 1,000 Royal Marines. We want these cuts stopped.
The Government responsed to this petition on 6th November 2017 (View Full Response)The Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships should be built in the UK
- Final Signatures: 14,046
The Government has put construction of the new RFA support ships out to International tender. Under EU article 346, warships are exempt from international tender, but the UK doesn't apply this to RFA ships. Other countries do apply this exemption and support their industrial base. So should the UK
The Government responsed to this petition on 8th March 2019 (View Full Response)Give a bonus to troops involved in the evacuation effort in Afghanistan
- Final Signatures: 21
I'd like the Government to provide a generous cash bonus to UK troops who have gone into Kabul on the Evacuation Mission, on their, I hope, safe return. This mission is of extreme danger and the Government should thank them monetarily.
Service personnel are enduring a long six months on Operation Cabrit on behalf of NATO's EFP across the Baltics, with basic food, in a camp isolated from a lot of the population of the JOA. NATO are issuing a medal, but British service members are not allowed to display this on their uniforms.