News at Eleven: It tells of an unnamed 'hero'

whose body has been flown back to Britain and driven through Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire where crowds turn out to pay their respects.

One verse pointedly refers to the absence of ministers from repatriation ceremonies, which have become more and more frequent in recent weeks.

The author, Staff Sergeant Andy McFarlane is currently based at Camp Bastion and wrote an earlier poem Sunset Vigil about eight soldiers dying in 24 hours.

Here is the new poem:

Repatriation

from Daily Mail: British soldier's scathing poem attacks politicians over the war in Afghanistan--as death toll reaches 204

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