100-year-old veteran says winning World War II ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to state of Britain today

100-year-old veteran says winning World War II 'wasn't worth it' due to state of Britain today  ITV

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00:00My message is I can see in my mind's eye there were rows and rows of white stones of all the

00:08hundreds of my friends and everybody else that gave their lives for what? The country of today.

00:17No, I'm sorry. The sacrifice wasn't worth the result that it is now.

00:24Oh, well, I'm sorry.

00:26What do you mean by that, though?

00:28Well, what we fought for was our freedom.

00:35We find that even now it's a darn sight worse than what it was when I fought for it.

00:43Oh, Alec, I'm sorry you feel like that because I want you to know that all the generations that have come since,

00:49including me and my children, are so grateful for your bravery and all that for service personnel.