Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill

The Brits are as fed up with Stold Valor as we are. But, they're doing something about it, and I think you will like what you read.

Lucky sends us a link to BBC which reports that members of the UK’s parliament have introduced legislation that would make wearing military awards you didn’t earn punishable by a £5,000 ($6238.57) fine or prison;
“People who have served their country in genuinely dangerous environments, then someone comes along and pretends that they are their equal – that causes a lot of offence,” he says. “When people see veterans it’s important that people have confidence their medals are legitimate.”
Internet vigilante groups with names like the Walter Mitty Hunters Club are dedicated to uncovering and shaming them, and these exposes are regularly picked up and given extra publicity by an indignant tabloid press.