Poppy Watch

[dillinger]

guys like lee clegg, mark wright and james fisher.

Where they badly injured that they need the support of the R.B.L.?

[charlieTully]

guys like lee clegg, mark wright and james fisher.

Where they badly injured that they need the support of the R.B.L.?

would u welcome them in a british legion club, is injury a prerequisite to membership of the legion or can any ex brit murderer join?

[fitzroyalty]

There are good reasons to wear a poppy and even better ones not to. Each to their own.

[Denn Forever]

Has anyone seen the White Poppy being worn any where? Are they sold?

From Wiki

HistoryIn 1926, a few years after the introduction of the red poppy in the UK, the idea of pacifists making their own poppies was put forward by a member of the No More War Movement (and that the black centre of the British Legion's red poppies should be imprinted with "No More War"). Their intention was to remember casualties of all wars, with the added meaning of a hope for the end of all wars; the red poppy, they felt, signified only the British military dead. However they did not pursue the idea. The first white poppies were sold by the Co-operative Women's Guild in 1933. The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) took part in their distribution from 1934, and white poppy wreaths were laid from 1937 as a pledge to peace that war must not happen again. Anti-war organisations such as the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship now support the White Poppy Movement.

Those who promote the wearing of white poppies argue that the red poppy also conveys a specific political standpoint, and point to the divisive nature of the red poppy in Northern Ireland, where it is worn mainly by the Unionist community. They choose the white poppy over the red often because they wish to disassociate themselves from the militaristic aspects of Remembrance Day, rather than the commemoration itself

[theticklemister]

Did frankie boyle not wear one recently

[Harold Disgracey]

James McClean is getting a fair bit of stick for not wearing a poppy on his jersey today.

[Main Street]

Apparently it's okay (according to some numbskull Sunderland fans)  for MON not to wear a poppy because he's a nationalist but McClean gets the brunt of the ire from the fascists.

[Tony Baloney]

Did frankie boyle not wear one recently

He did on the Jonathan Ross Show and Rod Stewart wore one on Graham Norton Show last night. Poppy fascism is out of control - how on Earth could anyone expect a nationalist from Derry to wear a poppy just because he plays in England!

[Saffrongael]

I see Sidebottom wasn't wearing one on bbc Final Score today.

[gerry]

McClean refuses to wear poppy on eve of Remembrance Sunday as Sunderland suffer defeat

fair play to him for making a stand

[Farrandeelin]

McClean refuses to wear poppy on eve of Remembrance Sunday as Sunderland suffer defeat

fair play to him for making a stand

Fair play is right. We need far more people like this.

[SHEEDY]

john o'shea didnt wear one either. fair play to them. dont blame any irish player in england that did but good to see a few not just following the crowd.

[Rossfan]

McClean refuses to wear poppy on eve of Remembrance Sunday as Sunderland suffer defeat

fair play to him for making a stand

+ 1.
Time for Irish people everywhere to follow his great example and stop toadying.

[SHEEDY]

john o'shea didnt wear one either. fair play to them. dont blame any irish player in england that did but good to see a few not just following the crowd.

o'shea did wear his poppy shirt in the 1st half. changed his jersey at half time to a non poppy one.

[Itchy]

McClean refuses to wear poppy on eve of Remembrance Sunday as Sunderland suffer defeat

fair play to him for making a stand

+ 1.
Time for Irish people everywhere to follow his great example and stop toadying.

Read that article and you can see what Jon Snow calls poppy fascism.