Veterans discarded their medals outside Downing Street (Picture: Corbis)

A group of veterans have staged a protest outside Downing Street by throwing their medals down in ‘utter disgust’ at the decision to bomb Syria.

Veteran Daniel Lenham, who served in the RAF from 2002 to 2014, discarded his medal, which he described as a ‘worthless trinket’.

He said: ‘I’m here today to show my utter contempt and disgust at the Government’s decision to, once again, attack in the Middle East.’

Mr Lenham said there was no better way of doing that than to hand back the ‘tokens of militarism’.






British soldiers throw down medals outside Downing Street âWe cannot sow bloodshed and reap peace. I no longer require these medals.âA small group of British military veterans throw off their medals outside Downing Street in protest at the bombing in Syria. Geplaatst door Channel 4 News op Dinsdag 8 december 2015

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A veteran shows his medals to be discarded (Picture: Corbis)

Veterans for Peace UK threw their medals to the floor outside Downing Street to protest against bombing Syria (Picture: Corbis)

Medals lay discarded on the floor (Picture: Corbis)

Some UK war heroes say they’re ‘utterly disgusted’ with the air air strikes decision (Picture: Corbis)

The veterans are against air strikes in Syria (Picture: Corbis)

The ex-servicemen say bombing will not bring peace (Picture: Corbis)

He added: ‘If you look close enough, you can see the reflections of dead and displaced Iraqis, the burning embers of Libya and the faces of the men and women of the armed forces who never returned, or did so with lost limbs and shattered souls.’

As he discarded his medal, veteran Kirk Sollitt said: ‘You cannot sow bloodshed and reap peace.

‘I no longer want these things.’

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