VE Day reflections

 

Yesterday was VE Day and while its politics aren't mine Phillip Zac was a brilliant cartoonist the Daily Mirror employed during WW2 whose cartoon are easily the most iconic and at times moving of that era, really getting the emotions.

For me this cartoon speaks volumes not just of the sentiments of many of that generation but really invites us to think about what it means when we consider the millions of lives lost, the destruction of so many towns and cities that it took us here in the U.K. decades to really recover from and the massive economic price paid: For Freedom.

Our Freedom

The Freedom of hundreds of Millions in Europe as imperfect as that peace proved to be

To strive to ensure it Never Happens Again

To co-operate to help each other and resolve our differences peacefully.

Some trends in our world, the war in Ukraine, disengagement from being a force for diplomatic good by the United States and indifference to the difference N.A.T.O. has made keeping Europe free and in the main peaceful are very worrying.

We should NEVER lose it again.