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A seven-minute ovation was the least our D-Day legends deserved after saving world from evil
One last salute
IN came the heroes — some in wheelchairs, some still walking unaided — to take their final salute for changing the course of history a lifetime ago.
One final chance for us to glimpse the D-Day legends who survived the Nazi bullets to set up Hitler’s downfall and save the world from his evil. One final chance to tell them simply: Thank you.
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A seven-minute ovation was the least they deserved.
Their long lives have been defined by the unimaginable horror they endured as young lads on the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, and the astonishing courage they displayed.
Joe Biden, only a year old then and now an old man himself, wept. He was very far from alone.
The enormity of D-Day — the beginning of the Nazis’ end — and its impact on our lives today puts our lesser struggles and political squabbles into perspective.
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Future generations must always remember what Our Boys achieved, and that tyranny is never fully vanquished.
That is a grim reality which President Zelensky, in France yesterday, faces every day. We and our allies must not lose faith in him.
Nor ever appease the new Hitler, in Russia, seeking to brutalise and enslave the free people of Ukraine and beyond.
Hope on homes
BUILDING far more homes is the only way to help a young generation priced out of the soaring housing market.
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The fact Labour would not need to appease Home Counties NIMBYs gives us hope that the building revolution the Tories failed to bring about might yet happen under a Labour Government.
Their proposed Freedom To Buy scheme is a good shout too, even if it is just an existing Tory idea rebranded.
It would underwrite a chunk of a buyer’s mortgage, slashing the deposit they would need. That’s a big boost for those without well-heeled parents to rely on. And Labour would make it permanent, so more lenders would commit.
On its own, though, making buying easier merely fuels the market, driving prices yet higher. Getting vast numbers of homes built, on brownfield sites and even on the scabbier parcels of Green Belt, is paramount.
So is driving down the immigration totals which dwarf the properties available.
Come on, lads
NO Grealish? No Maddison? Everyone will have a view on Gareth Southgate’s final Euros squad.
But the group he HAS chosen has the best chance of winning a big tournament of any England outfit since 1970.
Yes, we’ve heard all that before. But it really has. So bring on Serbia in just nine days. And, to all Gareth’s picks, the very best of luck from The Sun.
Come on, England!
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