Britain is a country that will always come up with new ways to honour its war heroes. You just can’t stop us – respect simply finds a way. Thus it was that in the very week that Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family were tragically ordered to tear down their unauthorised commemorative pool and spa complex, the home secretary stepped up to mark the sacrifice of countless soldiers by using it as a plot device in her never-ending tale of personal ambition.
This week, Suella Braverman has undermined the operational independence of the police, angered politicians and communities on all sides in Northern Ireland, stoked the potential for unrest caused by the far right and antisemites at tomorrow’s pro-Palestinian march, earned a rebuke from Winston Churchill’s grandson, and so much more besides – and all out of sheer respect for the dead we commemorate this weekend and every Armistice Day.
