War veterans project love letter to Europe on White Cliffs of Dover

Two war veterans have sent a love letter to the EU asking our European neighbours to ‘look after our star.’

The poignant video was beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover on Brexit Day to remind EU residents not everyone is happy about our departure.

Stephen Goodall and Sidney ‘Sid’ Daw lamented the UK’s imminent departure from the Union and the short film was translated into French and German.

After the touching words from the World War II veterans, the video ended with the stars of the EU flag slowly disappearing.

When just one remained, the line read: ‘This is our star. Look after it for us.’

The message was projected onto the Kent landmark, a stretch of coastline that provided a welcoming sight for soldiers returning from Dunkirk in 1940.

Mr Goodall, 97, said: ‘I feel really depressed at the idea that we are leaving Europe because it has meant so much to me.

‘I like to be called a European. And the feeling that one has of comradeship as one goes round Europe is really quite something.’

The veteran, who served in the Army for 32 years, added: ‘At my age I shan’t be living much longer but I hope that, for the sake of my children and my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren, that England, Britain will move back to be much closer to Europe than what we have done now.’

The message was shown just after midnight on Friday so as to be seen on Brexit Day itself.

Mr Daw, 95, fought in France, Holland, Belgium and Germany during the war.

He said: ‘I feel very, very sad about it all because we don’t know which way things are going.’

Appealing to fellow Europeans on the Continent, he said: ‘Look from your side to this side, see these white cliffs, and we’re looking across at you feeling we want to be together and we will be together before long, I’m sure.’

The film was organised by activist group Led By Donkeys who said they wanted to show that the ‘crass’ behaviour of Brexit Party MEPs ‘is not the country that we live in and not the country that we love.’

Organiser Ben Stewart added: ‘There seems no better choice of people for the nation that we are than Steve and Sid.’