Don't repeat mistakes of the 1930s, Sir Keir told

Warning...hero Colin Bell, 104

- By Conor Wilson

AN ex-bomber pilot warned the Government not to repeat the errors that allowed Hitler's ascension as the nation came together to remember VE Day.

Colin Bell, 104, who flew 50 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, urged Labour to accelerate plans to increase defence spending incrementally over the next decade. He said: “There was a Roman general who said if you want peace, prepare for war. We certainly didn’t follow that lesson in the '30s.