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The Longest Scandal in British History: Britain’s Forgotten Atomic Veterans

The main protagonist in my novel, My Counterfeit Self, is Lucy Forrester, a political poet and activist. Having been anti-establishment all of her life, she’s horrified to find that she’s been featured on the New Year’s Honours list. Her inclination is to turn it down. But what if it’s an opportunity… WB Yeats said that…
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Written on March 19, 2026 at 4:13 pm, by Jane Davis

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Tags: Aldermaston, arms race, Atom Bomb Kids, Atomic energy, Atomic Veterans, Atomic Weapons Establishment, British Nuclear Test Veterans, Christmas Island, CND, Cold war, Hiroshima, Hydrogen bomb, LABRATS, Massey University Study, My Counterfeit Self, Nagasaki, National Service, New Year's Honour, Nuke test vets, Nuked Blood scandal, Operation Crossroads, Operation Hurricane, Operation Totem, Paul Foot, Poet activist, Radiation sickness, Richard Stott, Sue Rabbitt Roff, The McClelland Report, The Mirror newspaper, Windscale

The Plutonium Jubilee – a shameful anniversary

This month, it is seventy (70) years since Britain launched its atomic test programme in the Pacific, and yet Britain remains the only nuclear power to have withheld recognition from its nuclear test veterans. The British Nuclear Test Veterans have met opposition at every step of the way. It’s a subject I’ve blogged about before….
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Written on October 29, 2022 at 9:06 am, by Jane Davis

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Tags: BNTVA, Boris Johnson, British Nuclear Test Veterans, CND, LABRATS, My Counterfeit Self, Plutonium Jubilee, Steve Purse, The Daily Mirror, Walk to Aldermaston