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Reform's 100-day plan: Pardons for veterans, but one group objects

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Angus MacIntyre, Reform's new armed forces spokesman and a former RAF Wing Commander, says the party would also pardon veterans convicted for following orders. Prosecuting a soldier would need the Defence Secretary's explicit consent. Veterans' campaigner Paul Young said he couldn't endorse the wording, because the Defence Secretary is a politician, and he wants a Supreme Court judge to decide instead.

By BriefTea Editorial · 5 November 2026 at 10:14

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