Today is of course the 105th anniversary of the start of World War One. My aunt was born that day and as my grandfather emerged into the streets he discovered that war had broken out...
He went on to fight in that war, got blown up and buried alive at the Somme as an officer in the RA... recovered and went back again. Never got over the trauma of it. Would wake up screaming for the rest of his life. Reenlisted in WW2 - a war in which my father also fought...
I'm sitting here in my garden with my 14 year old son and all of that is history now. I've not had to fight in a war and I hope he won't either. All of this peace and security came at a massive price in life and suffering and years of negotiations to ensure it didn't happen again
And that's why I fucking hate Brexit.
None of the above is unique. My father weren't special individuals. Those wars obliged generations across Europe to be offered up like sacrificial lambs.
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