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102-year-old WW2 veteran: ‘Britain not worth fighting for today’
Steven Edginton ^ | November 12, 2026

Posted on 11/13/2026 4:08:37 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

“It was worth fighting for. But what was allowed to happen afterwards? That wasn’t worth fighting for.”

“Nobody shut their door, because it was so safe.”

Don Poole was born on 29 April 1924. He lived through the Great Depression, the Blitz, the war against Japan, the end of the empire and the total demographic transformation of Britain. Now 102, he is not happy with how the country has changed. “If war was to break out tomorrow,” he told me, “it wouldn’t be worth fighting for this country.”

As we remember those who fought and died for Britain this week, it is worth examining how the greatest generation view today’s multicultural UK.

Last November Alec Penstone, a 100-year-old Royal Navy veteran, told Good Morning Britain that the sacrifice of his friends “wasn’t worth the result that it is now”, and was met with a patronising “Oh, I’m sorry” from Kate Garraway and a curt “What do you mean by that?” from Adil Ray. He died in May.

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1 posted on 11/13/2026 4:08:37 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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He fought for his country and people not a multicultural economic zone.


2 posted on 11/13/2026 4:11:27 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s 100 percent correct.


3 posted on 11/13/2026 4:12:11 PM PST by Fla.Deporable
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To: MinorityRepublican
He's correct with one caveat.

What Britain WAS is still worth fighting for. That's something that I think most people are shortsighted about.

People myopically say "is it worth it today?" "No!!!"

So ThErEfOrE BrItAiN aLwAyS SuCkEd!@!11!!!

No, Britain did not always suck. There is a Britain worth fighting for. It's just not the Britain that suffers under Labour Fabian Socialism.

The Britain of Labour Fabian Socialism should be abolished in favor of Pax Britannia.

4 posted on 11/13/2026 4:28:23 PM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Progressivism was America's first Postliberal ideology. Ask me for details.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Very sad.


5 posted on 11/13/2026 4:31:41 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: escapefromboston
He fought for his country and people not a multicultural economic zone.

He fought for a Christian nation with the world's largest navy and an colonial empire so large the sun never set on it. Today, Britain is being colonized by the lesser cultures it once ruled, and is not quite a Christian nation anymore. It's not surprising that he finally decided to check out, because he didn't want to stay in what Britain has devolved to become.
6 posted on 11/13/2026 4:33:17 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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