Because no-one else has the guts to do it, it has fallen to Mrs Thatcher to issue a reminder of what the liberation of the Falkland Islands twenty-five years ago means for us today:

She said: “We could never at any stage be sure what the outcome of the Falklands War would be. But of two things I could be sure – first that our cause was just, and second that no finer troops could be found in the world than those of our country. “That is still the case… more than that they are the model of all we wish our country and our citizens to be. The service they offer and the sacrifice they make are an inspiration.” She said the Falklands was a national struggle which the whole country “felt”, and was “mercifully short”. Lady Thatcher then turned to “our boys – and girls as well, of course” currently stationed in war zones who showed that “in a sense there are no final victories, for the struggle against evil in the world is never ending”. “So, as we recall – and give thanks for – the liberation of our islands, let us also recall the many battlefronts where British forces are engaged today,” she said. “Tyranny and violence wear many masks. Yet from victory in the Falklands we can all today draw hope and strength. “Fortune does, in the end, favour the brave. And it is Britain’s good fortune that none are braver than our armed forces. Thank you – all.” … “Such intense experience unites us in spirit – even though a quarter century has passed, and though we are 8,000 miles apart. “Today I send my best wishes to them – you are in my thoughts and in my prayers.”

I haven’t heard a peep out of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or David Cameron about this important and relevant anniversary. Thank God Mrs T is still around.