Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond pays tribute to Falkland veterans during parliament debate to mark conflict's 40th anniversary. This was published in the Portsmouth News: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/meon-valley-mp-flick-drummond-…
Many veterans continue to struggle with the ‘physical and mental scars’ they endured during the conflict to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the invading Argentine forces, the MP said during the adjournment debate.
The Conservative MP said she was ‘honoured’ to pay tribute to the service personnel who fought in the war, which lasted for 74 days across the summer of 1982.
She said: ‘The war touched every part of the UK including Meon Valley.
