It’s time to move on from these overblown commemorations of war | Simon Jenkins

Yes we must thank those who fought to make us safe. But too much remembering is a dangerous business

The airwaves have been filled this week with tearful veterans and mournful politicians recalling D-day 1944. That is appropriate when the participants are still among us and when war’s emotions are a living memory – we should thank those who fought to make us safe. Something at least can unite the British, even if it is only the past. But when the remembering is over, then what?

Recalling past w...