A Hero for a Day

Trooper Thomas Warr was a hero for a day, maybe a few more, because he took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. And died in poverty, forgotten by most people, including the great and good, the people who because of their petty jealousies and rivalries precipitated a disaster, glorious to some but a disater all the same. Oh they provided a few troopers at his funeral which probably cheered him up a bit. A useful image for these times though; mad cap ambitions for dubious gains based on fallacies or lies and it's the armed services wot pay for the leaders' hubris. So the boys and girls doing a sterling job overseas at the moment will prbably be forgotten soon. And today's the start of the Poppy Appeal, mmmm the donkeys and lions don't change do they?

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