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, most historians agree that the rise of Hitler /Nazism was a product of the unique economic and geopolitical circumstances Germany found itself in after ww1.

Apologies, it’s Scotty’s Little Soliders but I’ve also got my charities mixed up and it’s Little Troopers we benefit from. They provide support to children when their parents are deployed.

Quite.
This is why it would be better if people spend time educating themselves about history rather than just virtue signalling with a poppy

My focus is on army veterans and I suspect RAF recruits skew this statistic but, I don’t think a reading age of 11 is specifically different to one of 9… the point being that these people need some assistance to access support.

Do you know nothing about the years between WW1 and WW2?

I do, because I have relatives who died in WWII and it's important to me that they aren't forgotten.
I do, because I've seen first hand how much ex-service personnel have benefitted from a RBL residential home near me.

It sounds like things are far from perfect and that's disappointing, but it's not a reason not to support them IMHO. I also don't feel compelled to do so. I don't look down on anyone who doesn't. Unless you are a member of the government or royal family, I fully support that it's a personal decision. I don't see it as being taken over by any particular group.

Moreover, it's important people understand it's also about more recent wars than WWI & WW2.

I've scrolled and read most comments but could someone tell me what the white poppy is for?

I haven't worn one since the Woman selling them in the high street loudly declared that I must not care about those who died for us a when I declined to buy one (because I'd bought one the previous day with a generous donation).

As if a bit of paper and plastic pinned to a coat has any real bearing on a person's personal thoughts and remembrance in the first place.

I will definitely wear a poppy. We owe so much to those who gave their lives so that we can live ours.

When I travel through France and see the war dead cemeteries I am always moved to tears.

There are still a fair few around (aged about 95+) including some living at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

The spot where RBL raises most Poppy money in recent years is outside M&S on the King's Road Chelsea - affluent area, shoppers ready to spend, and a spot that is staffed by Pensioners in their scarlets

I'm happy to donate the money and not wear the poppy.

Yes, in memory of my Great Uncle and in memory of one of the lads who died in Afghanistan, that I last saw at the bar laughing as he drank his beer. In memory of the unknown soldier. In memory of the widows and orphans left behind. It's not about the rights and wrongs of war, it's about the need to remember.

You can do all of that without a poppy. Just FYI.

The poppy seems to abrogate people of any responsibility to remember, campaign, be active, for 355 days of the year. 😤

Hitler is to blame for his actions. The conditions that allowed him to rise to power were a perfect storm created in the aftermath of WW1.

Yes, for two reasons. First, in memory of my ancestors. My grandfather volunteered for the RAF the day after Dunkirk fell, and my great grandfather was twice wounded in WW1.

Second, because the smug, sneering, 'woke,' Guardian-reading left hate it. And anything that upsets them makes me happy.

Give over with all this bollox about virtue signalling. I don’t see anyone complaining about that when people wear daffodils for Marie Curie cancer or Pink ribbons for breast cancer. It’s promoting a charity and raising awareness. I will wear a metal pin that my organisation produces but they’re not on sale yet. M&S produce a nice sparkly poppy brooch …. Or certainly used to so there’s no need to resort to plastic anything.

Just when I think I've read the stupidest thing on the internet I read this. My nan will be interested to learn that the second world war, which she lived through, is an event of the dim and distant past and unworthy of remembrance. Amazing how her family and friends remember her birthday!

Apologies for not being clear - I was referring to the only stats I can find and they refer to reading age on recruitment, where a substantial minority have a reading age under 11. They receive further education and remedial help during their time in service, so I would have expected the figure to be lower by the time they are leaving, even if they don't serve for very long. That's why I was interested in the source of information of a higher proportion having an even lower reading age on exit.

The 2013 Defence Select Committee report I mentioned was Army only, btw.

And yes, I will be wearing my poppy but not in October, give me a chance! The year goes by quickly enough already

Me too.

Yes. To remember those who gave their today for our tomorrow.

Right wing ownership in action, people. As described by many on here.

I started wearing one last week. I wear one every year and will continue to do so.

Also agree with this!

That's the other way around.