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Well, we can now speak to the former British Army spokesperson, Major Mike Shearer
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Major Mike, lovely to talk to you. Thank you for joining us. This is just disgraceful, isn't it
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I mean, our war heroes, veterans, we haven't got money to spend on commemorating their sacrifice
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Shocking. Barnett, you said the word, and you're right. It is a disgrace
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, they really should be ashamed of themselves. Politics is all about competing priorities
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It's as much about the art of living as it is about the science of furnishing society with the things that they need
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This is not just about a military knees up. This is celebrating the end of a war, a war in which we secured the freedoms and democracy for Europe
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But this is something that we should take very seriously. And by the way that same council is spending millions on a 20 miles per hour furnishing the streets with 20 mile per hour signs Come on they should get a grip They really need to get a grip It shocking isn it
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Some of the priorities. And of course, advertising for somebody on £205,000, which is not a shy
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salary at all. So they've clearly got money to spend. It's just absurd. It is absurd. Look, on
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on our Remembrance Sundays, it rings around all villages in this country
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When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today
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We must celebrate this. People have given their blood and their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today
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And this kind of stingy attitude of our council. And by the way, it was only a couple of weeks ago that the government was using dodgy language about sending our veterans to D-Day in June
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Come on, somebody needs to wake it up in this council and stop being so miserly
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Yeah. Well, listen, Major Mike Shearer, always a pleasure. Thank you
