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THE news that the number of soldiers leaving the army with PSTD has reached its highest level in five years is a reminder that even the well-trained armed combatants of the technologically superior imperial armies pay a price for the foreign expeditions on which their superiors dispatch them.
The necessity for an effective programme to help servicemen and women recover from the physical and psychological effects of combat is something that a Labour government must make a priority.
The present problems demonstrate the rank hypocrisy of the governments which sent them into danger and neglect them now.
Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON
In the second part of a two-part article, CONOR BOLLINS asks why the government’s ambition when it comes to the military is not applied to sectors where it could do real good
In part one of a two-part feature, CONOR BOLLINS asks whether we should be concerned about the Prime Minister’s military recruitment plans
