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Labour loyalists and spin doctors will emphasise what is true – the elections being fought at council level are "us fighting in the shires", as one of them said.

He later joined the Raiding Support Regiment and fought in Italy and Yugoslavia.

The Niños Héroes are often viewed as the embodiment of courage, teenagers who fought like men against a northern invader.

"We fought the war and everything else and this country needs to start looking after their own people," she said.

Mr Anwar said: "His family hope that their love for him, the relentless campaign they have fought for him will leave a lasting legacy."