Will you be wearing a poppy?

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To support the work that the Royal British Legion do.

Nobody around here seems to be wearing one.

Yes, without a doubt.

I shall, I don't buy a paper poppy to wear I donate, but just bought an art deco style poppy brooch from the RBL online shop, I shall wear my Grandads George Cross proudly next to it when I watch people laying wreaths at our local war memorial,

No. I'll make a donation. It's become too politicised and ukip/faragey. Like the union jack it's a symbol of something else now.
My great grandfather suffered horribly after serving in WW1 and I will remember him.

Yes, I always do, my dad always wore one for my grandad who survived the Somme & for my uncle who was killed fighting in Bomber Command. Both me & my brother have been brought up to wear poppies out of respect for everyone who fought in either of the World Wars, we have both trained our dc to do the same.

Oh my god, it's not Challenge Anneka.

Have a think about how awful that is, I know we will!

I do think a factor is that British people are perpetually told to loathe their country and everything it stands for, so that any type of "acceptable" patriotism, like commemorating our forebears who died so that we could live, is seized upon all the more. It really upsets me that anyone in the UK could find the poppy symbol offensive.

Indeed. Maybe this is also explains the several assertions on this thread that Poppy wearing has been claimed by The Far Right? With the above in mind, the political spectrum does seem to have shifted doesn’t it? With prior centrist or centre right beliefs now routinely being declared “Far Right!”

How does he feel seeing the reaction of the "old fellows" who don't qualify for his largesse?

I don't and won't as it's become politicised and I don't understand its continuing charitable purpose. Nobody asks me if I donate to cancer or alzheimers.
My father was in WW2 and had no time for the legion which he said was 'all about the officers'.
What happens to the money? There are hardly any veterans alive and the military has for many years been a professional force. I just don't see how it remains a relevant charity.
Carry on with the cenotaph ceremony and remember the dead but this isn't the best use of my limited charitable giving.

No.

Yes, and will do a couple of shifts selling them as a volunteer.
I have no problems remembering those who died and supporting those who have served.

I don't understand why we waste all the resources going into making them for something that will be immediately discarded when you can just make a donation?

I support charities in terms of money and time without demonstrating it externally.

I would say that not all parts of the (not very) UK are discouraged from patriotic sentiment. It's sad how divided we are.

Actually, if you scroll back, @Canthave2manycats has has has several posts deleted. She has been very offensive on the thread.

No, not while the Geneva Convention is currently being stomped all over and our Government is supporting that stomping !!
Maybe a white or purple poppy to remember all of those caught up in war, innocent civilians and animals.
The term Never Again feels pointless now, there have been at least 285 armed conflicts since WW2 ! Mankind never learns and innocent civilians continue to pay the price.

Yes.

Obviously touched a nerve there.

No. A family member was shot by the British army on Bloody Sunday and my neighbour was murdered as a result of collusion by loyalists and the British state. My best friend's husband was regularly beaten on the back of land rovers by soldiers in Derry that he has permanent brain damage.

I thought that purple poppies had been discontinued - where has everyone been getting them from in the last couple of years?

Or do they mean the badge version, which I think is still around? And if so two questions a) which charity sells them and b) is there a version you can put on a dog's collar?

That's a nice idea. Pets at home only had the red poppies for collars as far as I could see.

I think there are some pin brooches on Amazon. I’m looking for a new white poppy - sadly not sold everywhere. Would wear a white or purple poppy but never a red one.

Armistice Day is almost two weeks away, OP, I would not read much into no-one wearing one yet in your area.

Yes I will.

What becomes of the money?

Info here

Who We Are | Armed Forces Charity | Royal British Legion

There's simply loads of stuff they do that people don't generally know about - they're one of the biggest providers of mobility scooters and personal alarms in the country, they run care homes, they can help with social housing, they cross-fund to CAB so veterans can get advice swiftly, they have newer initiatives like Battle Back (rehab inc through sport - centre established 2011) and Civvy Street (helping to find employment for those leaving the Forces), they commission research into veteran community needs and campaign to get it provided (by Government or military charities, co-ordinated through COBSEO), there's even provision of subsidised holidays including ones with facilities t support a range of disabilities and needs.