WWII veteran says winning the war ‘wasn’t worth it’ due to state of the UK now

"What we fought for was our freedom, but now it's a darn sight worse than when I fought for it."

Veteran, Alec Penstone, was just 15 when the war broke out in 1939.

He volunteered as a messenger throughout the Blitz where he says he spent his teenage years 'pulling bodies out of bombed buildings'.

He then joined the Navy after promising his father he wouldn't serve on the frontlines due to the horrors his father had seen in WW1.

Alec then served on submarines and on aircraft carriers before he took part in the D-Day landings.

Speaking about his experiences, Alec said: "My message is, I can see in my mind's eye those rows and rows of white stones and all the hundreds of my friends who gave their lives, for what? The country of today?

"What we fought for was our freedom, but now it's a darn sight worse than when I fought for it."

Responding to Alex, the shows presenters said: “Alec, I'm sorry you feel like that and I want you to know that all the generations that have come since, including me and my children, are so grateful for your bravery and all the other service personnel.

“It's our job now to make it the country that you fought for, and we will do.”