in 2009 we said goodbye to harry patch, the last survivor of the generation of soldiers who risked their lives for britain in the great war. as we mourned him, we remembered too all those who have laid down their lives in the defence of this country we love.
last year was particularly tough for our forces in afghanistan, and we face some more difficult months ahead. in late december we were reminded at this decade’s end, just as we were at its beginning, that there is a terrorist threat which puts our safety and security at risk and which requires us to take on al qaeda and the taliban at the epicentre of global
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