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We owe it to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for us
Lancashire Evening Post
|November 12, 2025
Blaise Tapp's view on life in the UK today
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Last week I read how Second World War veteran Alec Penstone had told telly interviewers that the sacrifice of those who fell more than 80 years ago 'wasn't worth it', saying that the country has 'gone to rack and ruin'.
It was genuinely one of the saddest things I've heard in ages, purely because of the significance of the person saying it - this wasn't some professional controversialist venting their spleen in order to generate comments and likes.
This story is from the November 12, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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