The campaign to protect SAS veterans from historical legal actions was boosted on Monday night by an apparent delay to Labour's bid to axe the Legacy Act.
Aided by this newspaper's Stop The SAS Betrayal campaign, nearly 200,000 members of the public have so far backed a bid to ensure soldiers are not exposed to a witch-hunt in the form of misconduct claims from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Tory defence spokesman Mark Francois said the Government had been 'rocked' by the backlash and had postponed a Commons bid to scrap the Legacy Act, which provides protections to UK troops.
He had expected Labour to present plans for alternative legislation before summer recess.
But after a surge of public support for the Mail's campaign and a parliamentary debate, they were seemingly put on ice.
