Joanna Lumley

Here's the conclusion to an ongoing entertainment related story. British actress Joanna Lumley - a Brit sex symbol during the 70, but best known as Jennifer Saunder 's sidekick - washed up boozed out model Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous , has taken on the cause of the British Gurkhas. The Gurkhas are foreign members of the British Military. So years they were denied the right to settle in Britain unless they were an officer (and their officers were usually Brits anyway) or had served 20 years. Since Gurkhas were discharged after 15 years, they didn't get to take advantage of that clause. So ... Read Full Story

Please Prime Minister: Gurkha champion Joanna Lumley said she had to use the ‘Lumley self-pleading offensive’ on Gordon Brown From The Daily Mail: Joanna Lumley has revealed for the first time how she had to ‘beg’ Gordon Brown to allow the Gurkhas to stay in the country they risked their lives for. Despite previously claiming that the Prime Minister was ‘wholly supportive’, she has told how she resorted to a personal offensive to claim victory for the Nepalese soldiers. Comments to be aired on tonight’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross give an insight into the battle between Mr Brown and the former actress. Read ... Read Full Story

Here's the conclusion to an ongoing entertainment related story. British actress Joanna Lumley - a Brit sex symbol during the 70, but best known as Jennifer Saunder sidekick - washed up boozed out model Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous , has taken on the cause of the British Gurkhas. The Gurkhas are foreign members of the British Military. So years they were denied the right to settle in Britain unless they were an officer (and their officers were usually Brits anyway) or had served 20 years. Since Gurkhas were discharged after 15 years, they didn't get to take advantage of that clause. So after ... Read Full Story

Actress Joanna Lumley's best-known role used to be as a boozy fashionista in hit comedy "Absolutely Fabulous", but now she is dominating TV screens as a formidable campaigner for Gurkha soldiers. Lumley -- leading a campaign for all Nepalese fighters in the army to be allowed to settle in the UK permanently -- has become a national treasure with her well-spoken but devastating critiques of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's unpopular government. "Joanna Lumley for Prime Minister" was the headline in Friday's Daily Express, while a string of groups with titles like "Joanna Lumley Is My Hero" have sprung up on online social networking site ... Read Full Story

In an increasingly desperate political UK climate, one figure emerges as a shining light. Yesterday on the 'One' show on BBC1 Rory Bremner declared that we are we are in the middle of a political 'character crunch' with a dearth of political characters worth imitating or lampooning. Increasingly government ministers are exposing themselves as being devoid of wisdom. Jaqui Smith has announced a list of 'undesirables' that will not be welcomed into the UK including not only gangland killers and terrorists, but a US shock-jock who simply expresses views that are not in line with her personal preferences. One may well think that the ... Read Full Story