You are correct Omegstrat, we are the last generation with direct links to those involved in WW2. Prior to being in the police force, my father was in the Welsh Guards and therefore when war broke out he was called up to train recruits. I always remembered him telling me that he got to know these recruits personally but also knew that many of them would not return. We should therefore remember the sacrifices made.

The problem is that we do not learn the lessons of the past. You only have to look at Ukraine and the Middle East at the present moment. While I think that Starmer has been awful on the domestic front he has been correct in how he has dealt with the war in the Middle East. Left to the likes of Trump, Putin, the littler rocket man etc. this planet would not have a future.