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Veterans' Affairs Office will not help working class troops, ex-soldier warns
Afghan war veteran Joe Glenton said a veterans’ union was needed to ‘organise against the officer class’
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BORIS JOHNSON’S new Office for Veterans’ Affairs is an affront to working-class troops, an Afghan war vet blasted today.

The PM made the announcement while on a visit to a military base in Scotland today.

But Afghan war veteran Joe Glenton said a veterans’ union was needed to “organise against the officer class.”

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