The fighting is over, but the veterans' battle continues
As the Troubles Bill clears its second reading, a former Parachute Regiment Lt Col goes to Westminster to confront a looming question: will Britain still stand by those it sent into harm’s way?
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To mark Armistice Day 2025, eight former four-star Generals and an Air Chief Marshal published an open letter in The Times to Sir Keir Starmer, warning that the European Convention on Human Rights is being used in ways that blunt Britain’s fighting edge and weaken the moral contract between the state and those who serve it.
They argue that the Government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, if enacted, would erode trust in the nation’s legal system, blur the line between legitimate authority and illegitimate violence, and create a direct threat to national security.
Days later, the Troubles Bill passed its second reading in Westminster. Former Parachute Regiment Lt Col Simon Barry flew from South Africa to be there. Justiceforveterans.uk caught up with him in the aftermath—to unpack the letter, what he did before the debate, and what he witnessed inside the House of Commons.
This is Justiceforveterans.uk’s “One More Mission” podcast.
In this episode
Why senior commanders have gone public
The “moral contract” argument, and what happens when it breaks
What Westminster felt like on the day of the second reading
What veterans want: clarity, fairness, and closure — without rewriting history
Once again thank you Col Barry for your continued support and exposing what can only be deduced as the despicable motives behind the current Labour - and also the last Tory governments N I agendas.
The British public stand 4 square behind our veterans, serving soldiers, and special forces, unfortunately starmer and his cronies on the front bench have no moral compass,and to say he will commit our troops to Ukraine is beyond belief. My question is if they get into a firefight and the enemy are killed, will they be held to account when they return.To starmer and benn I say, grow a backbone and kill the bill