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Witnessed in the skies over our embattled nation in 1940, the Battle of Britain was commemorated last week (September 15).
Many, though – including Churchill and Hitler – considered invasion of our islands impossible while ships and submarines of the Royal Navy and Commonwealth navies maintained command of the English Channel.
Some 2,945 aviators were 'The Few', one fifth representing 13 nations. Also among The Few were 56 Fleet Air Arm aircrew from the Royal Navy, young men flying with RAF squadrons and two (804 and 808) Naval Air Squadrons. Four naval aviators, including one Royal Marine, were ‘fighter aces’.
We salute them all.
Camden Town, London
Although it is not local, it affects many of The News’s readers living in high-rise tower blocks. Ms Mordaunt,
I was disgusted to discover that you voted against recommendations put forward by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. On your conscience be it, but I voted for you at the last election, believing you were a compassionate caring individual who had received the correct type of upbringing by your parents. I am 74 years of age and my father always believed that a Conservative politician always puts profit before principle, and as he was a good, honest, hardworking man, would never ever vote for a Conservative. I always thought that his views were a result of the hardships he had encountered during his life, and his experiences of being abandoned by Winston Churchill and the British government while defending the island of Crete during the Second World War.
Although he vehemently believed a Tory would protect business first, over the individual, I did not believe that theory so have voted Conservative.
How I regret that decision, since you have become my member of parliament. Your views and actions seem to uphold those beliefs of my father, and I believe you fall short of principle, in your desire of personal ambition, and feel sorry that you have let down all constituents with principles and compassion, who must be reflecting on what sort of soulless institution the new