A Second World War veteran has said that fighting “wasn’t worth it” due to the state of the country 80 years on.

Alec Penstone, 100, who fought in World War II, has attended several remembrance events and appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Friday.

When asked what his message was for Remembrance Sunday, he said: “My message is, I can see in my minds’ eye, those rows and rows of white stones, of all the hundreds of my friends who gave their lives.

“For what? The country of today? No I’m sorry. The sacrifice wasn’t worth the result that it is now.”

Alec, from Tottenham, north London, explained: “What we fought for was our freedom and even now, it’s a darn sight worse than what it was when we fought for it.”

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