The Defence Secretary says there was “debate” about whether people were using this weekend for protests, or to “protest for one cause or just turning up as thugs”
These acts of remembrance may in some slight measure salve grief, and enable those who have not had to endure such things to give thanks for those who do.
We have a collective responsibility as a society to ensure that the legacy of remembrance is neither diminished by time nor overshadowed by present-day conflicts.