A quick quiz for you. Can you answer for me the following;

What is the National Memorial Arboretum?
Where is the NMA?
How do you get to the NMA?

No? Thought so!

You see we have an impressive monument to those brave souls who have given their life for our country. It looks great, very… umm… monumental. The problem is it is stuck in a field in the middle of Staffordshire where no one can get to it? Monuments to our service men and women who have died in action should be right bang slap in the middle of London, outside the Houses of Parliament, so those “not so brave” politicians have to walk past it every day and be reminded of the human cost of their decisions. Stuck, as it is, hidden away in the middle of nowhere, allows the Gordon Browns and David Camerons of this world to forget what has gone before. Will I ever see it? it is unlikely, it is way too far away and off the beaten track for me to make a special visit. Plus I have to pay £2 before I can pay my respects. This is not a National Monument, it is a Monumental National Disgrace.