{"id":563849,"date":"2025-11-11T15:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/563849\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:42:17","slug":"veterans-warn-britain-is-becoming-anti-patriot-as-young-people-lose-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/563849\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans warn Britain is becoming ‘anti-patriot’ as young people lose respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veterans are warning that Britain is becoming “anti-patriot” as young people lose respect for Armistice Day.<\/p>\n

At the Cenotaph today, those who served said remembrance is losing its meaning for the next generation, and that the nation\u2019s sense of pride is fading fast.<\/p>\n

One veteran named Geoffrey who served in France and now lives in London exclusively told GB News that Britain has \u201cforgotten traditional values\u201d and that showing patriotism is now wrongly seen as something to be ashamed of.<\/p>\n

He told The People’s Channel: “I’m from a military family. So my granddad, who passed away in France during the First World War. <\/p>\n

\"Veterans\"\/<\/p>\n

Veterans speaking to GB News at the Cenotaph <\/p>\n

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GB NEWS <\/p>\n

“My dad was in the same regiment at me so we have got a legacy as a military family, to remember our ancestors. <\/p>\n

“Most of the new generation, I think, in UK or France, don’t have these kind of things anymore. Unfortunately, we have lost it a lot.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s like many about all the propaganda because we are now anti patriot.<\/p>\n

“You raise a flag, you are a racist or a fascist. So we forgot all the traditional values and about our ancestors.<\/p>\n

“So for a lot of people these words don’t make any sense anymore.” <\/p>\n

Others described war as a \u201cterrible thing\u201d with an \u201cenormous human cost\u201d warning that the freedoms we enjoy today came at a price that must never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

\"London<\/p>\n

One cadet, who took part in the annual London Armistice service, told GB News that it is ‘not important’<\/p>\n

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GB NEWS <\/p>\n

One cadet, who took part in the annual London Armistice service, also added: ” I don\u2019t think remembrance is considered an important issue for many young people today. <\/p>\n

“That said, I do believe it\u2019s still important for people to understand its significance, even if they don\u2019t always feel the need to outwardly pay their respects.<\/p>\n

“When I\u2019ve spoken to friends recently, they haven\u2019t really understood the importance of why we\u2019re here, which I think is a shame but it\u2019s something that can be changed. <\/p>\n

“I think it starts quite early on, in education. Around this time of year especially, we should be explaining to young children why remembrance matters. <\/p>\n

“Helping them understand that the people we\u2019re honouring are the reason we\u2019re able to live with the freedoms we enjoy today.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s very important, particularly at the 11th hour of the 11th day, it\u2019s a moment to show proper respect to those who came before us.”<\/p>\n

However another veteran who served for 23 years, including in the Falklands, said he believes that youngsters do show respect for the poignant day. <\/p>\n

He said: “I do think that young people have that respect, I do a lot of work with the cadets. <\/p>\n

“Today we have at least three schools represented here on this service.<\/p>\n

“They will show an awful lot of respect. And they’re very proud to be here today.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veterans are warning that Britain is becoming “anti-patriot” as young people lose respect for Armistice Day. At the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[27765,748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,6225,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-563849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-army","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-northern-ireland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-video-news","20":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115531831424476084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}