Dusty Wentworth

Imagine standing alone at dawn by a war memorial, the vast expanse of honed stone cold beneath your fingertips. You close your eyes and recall the faces of comrades lost—brave souls who entrusted their lives to duty, freedom, and the values you hold dear. Now picture those freedoms slipping away, eroded not by foreign tyranny, but by a government increasingly suspicious of its own citizens—its own veterans. This is the stark reality facing Britain under Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government. The very individuals who sacrificed everything for our liberty now find themselves stripped of protections, stripped of trust, and stripped of the right to speak out without fear. Betrayal at the Highest Level: The Legacy Act Repeal and Veteran Outrage In 2023, the Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act provided conditional immunity from prosecution to veterans and paramilitaries involved in the Troubles—if they fully cooperated with truth recovery processes. It was ...