SIR Keir Starmer has marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day by hailing World War Two veterans for their “greatest victory”;.
The PM has penned an open letter to the last of the generation on the day millions take to the nation’s streets to mark
The Labour leader writes: “This week we celebrate the greatest victory our Armed Forces ever secured . . . a victory for good against the assembled forces of hatred, tyranny and evil.
“ is a chance to acknowledge, again, that our debt to those who achieved it can never fully be repaid.”;
Thousands of street parties are taking place to honour the war generation.
Up to 20,000 are expected at the Royal British Legion-arranged VE Fest 80 in Blackburn.
In London’s Docklands — a target for sustained bombing in the Blitz — the Bengali community is organising an event.
Thirty war veterans, aged from 98 to 104, will take tea with and at .
Among them will be Joyce Wilding, 100, who was in a covert resistance force, and Ruth Bourne, 98, who helped decrypt Nazi messages at Bletchley Park.
Both were among the crowds in in 1945.
Before the party, 1,300 service personnel, including Ukrainian fighters and troops from 11 nations, will parade from Square to the Palace.
veteran Alan Kennett, 100, of Lichfield, Staffs, will be carrying the Torch for Peace.
