Hotel forced to apologise after it refused wounded British soldier a hotel room 'because he was in the Army'

I found this article on the daily mail website, detailing how the metro hotel in Woking refused a British solidier a room. The wounded Soldier who had recently served OUR COUNTRY in Afghanistan, was told that it "was not company policy to allow Armed Forces personnel to stay at the hotel." I feel, this clearly shows how little respect we have for soldiers who serve our country, risking their lives to protect us and their families. People who serve our country should be treated as 'royalty' and should gain the respect of our society that they deserve. It seems that Britain feel no need to treat our soldiers like 'heroes' because they are to 'stuck up' to do so. However, in America each soldier is labelled as a hero, get applauded wherever they go, maybe Britain should 'take notes' and actually realise what they go through to save our country.

As stated in the article i read, if the hotel was turning down muslim or mixed raced people, it would immidiatley be labelled as 'discrimnation' and this will be where the law would take action. Whereas, a soldier getting turned down for a hotel room get the mere "forced apology."

Stacey