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With the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill now having been passed to the House of Lords, the BAFF article below from four years ago remains relevant. It said "The fact is that Ministers, Generals and senior civil servants failed to protect service personnel and veterans from years of vexatious, vindictive allegations. A stronger, independent representative armed forces federation operating within sensible rules, as BAFF does, would have made a real difference for the better. The need is all the greater now for an active independent BAFF to ensure that the troops' interests are genuinely protected in any changes, and not used as an dogwhistle excuse for the establishment suiting its own convenience."
Read more: UK 'to derogate from the ECHR in respect of operations' (2016 article)
