poppies

[eddiemairswife]

Just noticed poppies have started flowering on TV. I wonder if people who have a little brooch actually donate each year.

And if they don't, what difference does it make? It's a charitable donation and therefore you can choose not to donate if you don't wish to. If you're not able to, for instance if you're skint, you can still show your support for the cause and encourage others to do so.

Why does this matter? Wearing them on TV is pretty much compulsory, rather than a particular desire to support the British Legion. I imagine most presenters just haul theirs out again like their winter coats.

I have a few I pin on various coats as does DH. Probably spent about £30-40 on them over the past 5 years which is more than I would have put in a collection bucket for paper ones in that timeframe. DC’s also take money into such to buy a poppy annually so feel we donate enough.

I dont wear a poppy but I donate every year.

You are conflating two separate things.
Fundraising for military/veteran charities... this happens all year. I can understand why people wouldn't want to donate to these though. (The support is fast becoming for later conflicts not WWII simply due to age). No one has to donate to any charity.

Respect for those who have died or been wounded in war time... thats what the poppy and Remembrance Sunday is for. Doesn't matter what you think of the Government... its remembering to hopefully stop future wars.

I have several 'pins' on different coats/bags and several of the elastic type bracelets etc etc I always end up getting new bits & making a decent donation. I only donate to them once a year, my donation isn't in any way reflective of what the couple of bits I get.

hopefully to you, that makes up for the people who wear badges that are from a previous year 🙄🙄

We buy paper poppies and a pin badge with the year's date on. So buy a new badge every year.

This. However, I'm feeling less and less inclined to donate as it becomes more virtue-signalling performative bullshit and less 'lest we forget' and looking after conscripted young people.

Some will and some won't 🤷‍♂️

I paid £25 for mine last year so if I don't end up chucking some change in the tin this year, it doesn't bother me.

We donate directly every year and wear the same small pin each year.

A brooch costs a good few years worth of paper ones.

I always get the little wooden crosses. I donate a fiver for it and stick it in a plant pot in front of the telly.

But the British Legion sell brooches, so assume they make enough on them to do that.

I have knitted and brooch poppies I wear every year. I always donate if I see a collection but don't take a paper one

I no longer buy directly from the Royal British Legion since I found out they pay a director £65k a year as director of diversity and inclusion.

I won't be donating to that nonsense. I know many other people who feel the same and are also boycotting them.

We do however still wear poppies in remembrance and gratitude for their service to our country.

I always have given to the Royal British Legion but won’t do so again. The reason is that they are donating £10K to Stonewall from funds raised by the poppy appeal.

i want my money to go to help ex-service personnel and their families, not into the pockets of Stonewall.

The purple animals in War ones don’t go to any charity .

The Legion ones at least do.
The Poppy Factory in Richmond used to make velvet horse show rosettes in the shape of poppies many years ago-
Found an old one with a label on back .
No idea of age 1930’s?

A couple of times a year I visit the Military Cemetery where FIL is buried, even though I never knew him. My DH is mentioned on the gravestone and MIL’s ashes were buried there. After every Remembrance Day there’s a wooden cross on every grave. I asked last year and apparently there’s a group for each battalion ( correct term? ) who place them on the graves.
Your post reminded me.

I hate performance poppy wearing and the backlash people get for not wearing them on TV.

That’s awful!
Why on earth would they do that?

That would definitely put me off as well.
Stonewall are about aggressive pushing of men in women’s spaces
Rather than LGB

I want to get one of those poppies with the Progress Pride flag attached to it, purely to trigger all the right wingers as they will be unable to argue against me for donating to the war dead at the same time.

I literally can't think of a single product that hits all the key divisions in society at once so perfectly - and supporting this whilst still donating to charity.

British Legion are saying they are NOT currently donating to Stonewall ( no longer about LGB)
They are actively tweeting about not donating - They know it’s a donation loser most likely.

I don't wear a poppy, but always donate, as the chap who stands outside the supermarket is a WW2 veteran, and you just can't not donate to him. He's so old, but there every year, in all weathers, .... I wonder whether we will see him this year.....

There’s a feeling elsewhere that somebody is engaging in a bit of stirring over this, maybe to discourage donations, who knows…

It certainly does not appear to be an accurate appraisal of the Royal British Legions (RBL) current position re Stonewall, but the storm whipped on SM has forced the RBL to issue a the following statement:

”We can confirm we are not currently members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Scheme. We don't give money to Stonewall - your donation helps us provide vital support to serving and ex-serving personnel and their families.”

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