But Lord Ashley of Stoke, chairman of the all-party Parliamentary Disablement Group, condemned Sir Charles' comments.

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"The generals are besotted with the trench warfare of World War I, " said Lord Ashley, who is deaf.

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Scott Cain, 23, and Ashley Clarke, 24, were found unconscious in the apple store at Lord Selborne's Blackmoor Estate, near Liss, on Monday afternoon.

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