According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:
Substantially increase compensation for serious injuries for those injured serving their country .
Restore Crown immunity for all armed forces, scrap the Human Rights Act and not hold individuals responsible for collective military actions .
Offer service personnel, in both the regular and reserve/Territorial Army forces, and their families free private medical and dental cover and care in restored military hospitals .
Remedy the shortfall in service doctors, and make it a point of principle that service people are treated in service medical facilities .
Reinstate a building/refurbishment programme for military hospitals, primarily for service personnel but available to retired military and also to serve the NHS when space is available .
Make a commitment to provide decent modern housing standards for the military and their families .
Fund a substantial increase in Service pay, aligning it broadly to that of the Police and Fire Services .
Enhance retention of personnel through incentives such as ‘warrants’ – regular cash incentives to make longer service more attractive .
Facilitate major recruitment in schools, colleges and universities .
Recognise the social benefits of military service in terms of pride, discipline and skills, and taking people off welfare .
Make physical or serious verbal assault of serving personnel either a treasonable offence or one of assisting the enemy .
Bring military service back to the respected profession it once was.
I would be interested to hear both positive and negative views on UK Independence Party’s Our Duty to Those who Serve in the Armed Forces policies in the comments below?