Diolch. Well, this Sunday marks the hundredth anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the first world war. On 3 August, with 100 days until this armistice centenary, the Royal British Legion launched a mass movement to say 'thank you' to the first world war generation who served, sacrificed and changed our world, with all communities encouraged to join and hundreds of community events organised. Remember Together, a new initiative from British Future and the Royal British Legion, also launched last week to bring people from different backgrounds together to mark remembrance and the centenary of the first world war armistice. 

There is increasing awareness that remembrance could, should and does belong to all of us, whatever our politics, ethnicity or faith. The armies of 1914-18 looked more like the Britain of 2018 than that of its day. British troops fought alongside soldiers of different colours and creeds from across the Commonwealth, including over 1 million Indian soldiers, 400,000 of them Muslims from present day Pakistan. This shared history of service and contribution is something that we can all commemorate in Britain and the UK.