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.

Never have and never will

Nobody around here seems to be wearing one.

It's early though.

I wear mine for the whole of November

My grandfather served in WW2.

I’m still not wearing a poppy.

No, I don't believe in wearing a poppy. I feel the campaign glorifies war and those who (choose to) fight now, rather than adhering to the original feeling of 'Never again'.

I would wear a white poppy but I can't be arsed to have arguments.

No. I used to wear a white one, and have also made my own purple one to wear too. I used to make purple ones and raise funds for war animal charities.
Looking forward to the annual virtual assassination of celebs who dare appear on TV without one. It is getting ridiculous.

Also it's not even November yet. No need for a poppy at the moment, even if you do wear one.

I never do.

I hate that it's been taken over by the far right.

I donate quietly, and also to Help for Heroes, but I never wear the poppy

I will in November. It's in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and future generations.

I work with people who remember the second world war and many who later served in the armed forces themselves. So I would wear one mainly to show support for them.

Yes

I don’t wear a poppy to glorify war and don’t think anyone in their right mind would. My parents were born in central London in 1940/41 and lived through and with that legacy. My DF didn’t have his father for 5 years, he counts himself lucky as his father came back. I will honour the memory of those who served by wearing a poppy in November.

I donate but don’t take the poppy anymore because it’s plastic.

I don't but it's a bit early anyway, the only people wearing them are TV presenters at the moment

Same. It seems to be about virtue signalling not remembrance now

totally support this. All of my family have served, including me and my DH. Still not wearing one.

My 23 year old uncle lost his life in WW2. Pretty sure most MNers of a certain age will have grand/great grandparents who served and/or died in WW1/ 2
It's bugger all to do with virtue signalling. It's about those who made the sacrifice for our freedom.
Although I don't doubt, if they could see what the world has now turned into, they would probably ask why the bloody hell they bothered 🤬

The official poppy wearing period is from the last Friday in October to November 11th. I'm already wearing mine.

@Girlattheback new ones contain no plastic.

From 1st November, it just seems to get earlier each year.
I do have a 'secret' and not well disguised crush on https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/things-to-do/regional-events/london-poppy-day

Yes

I agree with this. There's certainly no 'of course' about it here in NI. The decision to wear/not wear a poppy can be a catalyst for further division here.

They only start selling them from 28th I think, so not many people will have them yet.

Trying to dodge plastic, so no.

A sacrifice for freedom to wear or not wear a poppy.

A lot of people pop some coins in the RBL collection and not buy a poppy. I mean, you can buy metal 'pride' poppies now that are rainbow colour.

Yes of course, this bloody 'trendy' shite to be a dick about the poppy symbol is ridiculous.