We do not ask for a legal waiver to behave illegally or indiscriminately. All we ask for is a fair and rational legal framework to oper... This is an automated Substack Account of https://legacydisgrace.substack.com Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mlnmtnqqas2sReforming Failure • The May Review exposed deep problems inside ICRIR. Yet instead of pausing, the Government is using those failures to argue for expanding the same machinery under the Troubles Bill. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/reforming-failure12 May 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnmtnqqas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mlilx2zobc2sThey Were “Agents of the State” — But Human Beings in Fact • A One More Mission podcast asks why those sent to serve are now judged as abstractions, not men. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/they-were-agents-of-the-state-but10 May 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlilx2zobc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mlbomzjctc2sThe Supreme Court Judgment in Dillon: What It Means and What It Does Not • The Supreme Court narrowed the legal challenge to the Legacy Act, but did not end it. The battle has now shifted from the courts to Parliament. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-supreme-court-judgment-in-dillon07 May 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbomzjctc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3ml3pjpdxf22sThe Longest Betrayal • A foreign government now has a formal, statutory co-equal role in overseeing accountability for British soldiers on British sovereign territory. Few in Westminster seem to care. I do. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-longest-betrayal05 May 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3pjpdxf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkzt7xwq4k2sLegacy is not law alone • Northern Ireland’s past is not about evidence alone but of moral judgement — who is treated as a victim, who is a perpetrator, and whether those who served are afforded fairness as well as scrutiny. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/legacy-is-not-law-alone04 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzt7xwq4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkph7c5m3c2nVeterans Granted Ear at No.10 as Troubles Legislation Moves Forward • A delegation of paras met officials in Downing Street just days after the Government voted to carry its Troubles legislation into the next parliamentary session. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/veterans-granted-ear-at-no10-as-troubles30 Apr 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkph7c5m3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkmwqnozr22nAbsence, Ambiguity, and Anger: Carns Faces a Veteran Backlash • A missed vote on Trouble Bill triggered a surge of hostile reaction online, with veterans questioning where Alistair Carns truly stands. The response is not about procedure, but about trust. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/absence-ambiguity-and-anger-carns29 Apr 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmwqnozr22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkkgcekxzk2nWhat Is Missing from the Debate on Legacy Investigations • Gaps in the veteran's argument need to be filled or opponents will fill the silence. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/what-is-missing-from-the-debate-on28 Apr 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkgcekxzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkf3dljfoc2nAmerica warns Britain is betraying its soldiers • US special forces leaders now doubt Britain’s reliability. Veterans of Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Syria face legal peril while the state undermines the country’s own defence. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/america-warns-britain-is-betraying26 Apr 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkf3dljfoc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mkckufgcvk2nOperation Banner still sets the rules of war • This week’s reporting shows the pattern is unchanged: Britain sends men to fight, then leaves them to face the courts when the law, politics and hindsight move on. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/operation-banner-still-sets-the-rules25 Apr 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkckufgcvk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mk2ziyqc2s2nThe “False Promise” That Was Never Tested • What is presented as legal inevitability was, in fact, a political choice to concede—and to rebuild the system with influence from beyond the UK. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-false-promise-that-was-never22 Apr 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2ziyqc2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mjz56tl5nk2nOperation Banner is not the past. It is the precedent • Operation Banner is not a settled chapter but a live precedent. How it is judged now will shape how those sent to act in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond can expect to be judged in the future. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/operation-banner-is-not-the-past21 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz56tl5nk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mjwcnzlfj22nThe Troubles Bill Does Not Protect Soldiers, it Reassigns Blame • By Dr. Rois Ni Thuama* https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-troubles-bill-does-not-protect20 Apr 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwcnzlfj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mjvym7pptk2nDrawing a Line or Reopening the Past? • Latest One More Mission podcast features former Parachute Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Simon Barry in a clear, grounded discussion about where the current legacy proposals are heading. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/drawing-a-line-or-reopening-the-past20 Apr 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvym7pptk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mjv2gj4n2c2nIf the Bill Falls, the Risk Doesn’t Disappear — It Settles Where It Always Has • Be careful what is wished for: if the Bill falls, the system does not disappear—it hardens, leaving those who carried out orders exposed while those who made them remain out of reach. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/if-the-bill-falls-the-risk-doesnt19 Apr 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjv2gj4n2c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mjoh64qdps2n A Win for One Soldier. A Warning for the System • The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Nugent challenge. On the surface, that protects a soldier. Look more closely, and it reinforces the very system that keeps these cases alive. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/a-win-for-one-soldier-a-warning-for17 Apr 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoh64qdps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mj2xik4kpc2xThe Generals Are Now Drawing a Line • General Sir Nick Parker has moved the argument on. This is no longer a loose complaint about process. It is a defined position: no reinvestigations without new evidence, proper accountability. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-generals-are-now-drawing-a-line09 Apr 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2xik4kpc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mivmqydtis2xAustralia’s War Crimes Shift Is a Warning for UK Special Forces • The arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith signals a wider shift: narrative hardening before trial — a pattern already visible around Operation Banner. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/australias-war-crimes-shift-is-a07 Apr 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivmqydtis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mitq7lvi7s2xLegal action, boycotts and growing anger at Legacy betrayal, but will Starmer listen? • Former Parachute Regiment Lt Col Simon Barry backs the SAS Association’s legal challenge and boycott threat — then turns the question outward: will other associations stand with them? https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/legal-action-boycotts-and-growing06 Apr 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitq7lvi7s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3miqvnpqlmc2xSAS veterans threaten boycott of Troubles hearings as dispute with Government escalates • SAS veterans to boycott Troubles hearings, escalating dispute into a test of whether the Government system can command the cooperation — and confidence — of those it seeks to examine. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/sas-veterans-threaten-boycott-of05 Apr 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqvnpqlmc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3milakcwnus2xThe Legacy Bill will leave veterans in the dock • Ministers say they are listening to veterans as they refine the Legacy Bill. But without a clear legal endpoint to repeated investigations, consultation is performative. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-legacy-bill-will-leave-veterans03 Apr 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3milakcwnus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mhpwxscjok2xRules, Reality, and the Fight for Justice • Former Parachute Regiment officer Simon Barry sets out the stark gap between law and justice in the Northern Ireland legacy debate — and why veterans must now take their case directly to Parliament. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/rules-reality-and-the-fight-for-justice19 Mar 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpwxscjok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mhcp7b5k7s2zA Simple Way to Make Your Voice Heard on the Troubles Bill • Veterans are asking supporters to write to their MPs ahead of the expected Commons debate on 24 March. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/a-simple-way-to-make-your-voice-heard16 Mar 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhcp7b5k7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mhcp7bdzas2zThe Troubles Bill Lives – and Veterans Have Been Sold Out in Cork • What looks like a diplomatic footnote is, on closer inspection, a stitch‑up dressed in the language of reconciliation https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-troubles-bill-lives-and-veterans15 Mar 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhcp7bdzas2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mguugo2kzk2rState of Play in Troubles Bill • The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill is still moving through Parliament but remains far from settled. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/state-of-play-in-troubles-bill12 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguugo2kzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mguacwg4qs2rThe Victim Shield • How Government Uses Suffering to Silence Scrutiny of its Assault on Justice. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-victim-shield12 Mar 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguacwg4qs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mgrzwi5chc2rGenerals Warn Britain Is Reopening the Troubles • Two Former Army Chiefs Warn: Reopening Troubles Cases Risks Breaking the State’s Covenant with Those Who Served https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/generals-warn-britain-is-reopening11 Mar 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrzwi5chc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mgq5lwcdpk2rHow Britain Lost the Language of Duty • The legacy debate exposes a political and intellectual culture that has lost the language needed to understand what soldiers and police were asked to do. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/how-britain-lost-the-language-of10 Mar 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq5lwcdpk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mgnd37oip22rThe Week Legacy Collided With Reality • This week: Gerry Adams court, Veterans briefing members of House of Lords, London meets Dublin in Cork. For veterans and victims, the timing exposes the unresolved imbalance at the heart of legacy. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/the-week-legacy-collided-with-reality09 Mar 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnd37oip22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/legacydisgrace.skystack.xyz/post/3mglqrl5jds2rCall to Veterans to Move From Commentary to Action • In the One More Mission podcast, Simon Barry explains why veterans must engage directly with MPs, why the Cornwall “fighting patrol” matters, and why more veterans need to engage. https://www.justiceforveterans.uk/p/call-to-veterans-to-move-from-commentary08 Mar 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:pgiddyswly25jkqvoetr7wk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglqrl5jds2r