The grief that dare not speak its name: It’s only whispered for fear of accusations of racism. But the pain and bewilderment felt by the generation who lived through war at how mass immigration has transformed the Britain they fought for is very real

Earlier this year, someone recommended a book to me called The Unknown Warriors, published in 2012.

It was written by a journalist called Nicholas Pringle who, between 2006 and 2008, placed notices in local newspapers across Britain inviting Second World War veterans to share their memories of service and their thoughts on the country that had emerged in the decades since.

Dozens of men and women, by then in their 80s and 90s, wrote to him, their letters eventually filling a volume of more than 500 pages. It makes for deeply poignant reading.

While some express gratitude for improved standards of living, there

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