The Lumley effect

LAST UPDATED AT 01:00 ON Fri 8 May 2009

Actress Joanna Lumley has been a powerful champion for the British Army's former Gurkha soldiers' fight to win the right to settle in the United Kingdom. This week her starring role in the Gurkha Justice campaign saw her meet Gordon Brown at Downing Street and clash publicly with home office minister Phil Woolas.

The life and times of a television star who became a champion of the Gurkha cause

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