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Lest We Forget? The Irish Did

Scott De Buitléir | Posted 12.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Northern Ireland, James McClean Northern Ireland, UK Army, Remembrance Day Poppy, James McClean Poppy, British Army, Poppy, Remembrance Day, UK Armed Forces, Lest We Forget, Ireland, Royal Irish Regiment, UK Lifestyle News
Scott De Buitléir

Whether right or wrong, it's extremely uncommon in Ireland to see anyone wearing a poppy, commemorating those who died while serving in the British Army. If one were to ask why, an initial response could be that it is a British custom and not an Irish one.

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On Poppy Burning

Nick Harkaway | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Politics, Poppy Burning, Remembrance Day, Ethics, Free Speech, UK News, Poppy Appeal, Poppy, UK Law, UK Media, Armistice Day, UK News
Nick Harkaway

With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eyeblink.

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Arrested For 'Burning A Poppy'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, UK News, Armistice Day, Poppy, Afghanistan, Remembrance, Veterans Day, War, Royal British Legion, Poll, Remembrance Day 2012, Veterans Day 2012, UK News

A man has been arrested for posting an image of a burning poppy on Facebook. Kent Police said in a statement that the man, from Aylesham, was detai...

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Felicity A Morse

Remembrance Day 'Risks Glossing Over The Horrors Of War'

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Armistice Day, Afghanistan, Poppy, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, War, Veterans Day, Royal British Legion, Remembrance Day 2012, Veterans Day 2012, UK News

Remembrance Day risks becoming a divisive issue which "sugars over the horrors of war", an author and former BBC reporter has claimed. Ted Harrison...

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Wearing a Poppy

James Field | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK Style
Read More: Remembrance Sunday, 11th November 2012, Poppy Appeal, Poppy, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, Mydaily, UK Style, Men's Fashion, UK Lifestyle, UK Style News
James Field

The use of the poppy was inspired by the World War I poem 'In Flanders Fields'. It refers to the many poppies that were the first flowers to grow in the churned-up earth of soldiers' graves in Flanders, a region of Europe that overlies parts of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.

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Royal British Legion Appeal For Silence Across Social Networks

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Twitter, UK News, Thunderclap, Social Networks, Poppy Appeal, Poppy, Remembrance Sunday, Royal British Legion, Facebook, UK News

The Royal British Legion is launching a major campaign to extend Remembrance Sunday's two minute silence to social networks. Thousands of Facebook ...

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The Other Poppies of War

Michael Freemantle | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Chemistry, Royal British Legion, Analgesics, Poppy Appeal, Opium Wars, Science, Drugs, First World War, Great War, Poppy, UK Tech, Remembrance Sunday, UK Lifestyle, UK Tech News
Michael Freemantle

Opium poppy extracts and their chemical derivatives were and still are invaluable in relieving the suffering of the wounded. It is therefore safe to say that both the opium poppy and the red poppy, or least the artificial variety, have been employed to bring immense relief to members of the armed forces, albeit in totally different ways.

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Pictures Of The Day Live: 1st November 2012

Posted 01.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Photography, Huffpost Picture Desk, Picture Desk Live, Funny Pictures, Hurricane Sandy, Poppy, Live Picture Blog, Movember, Sandy, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Obama, Hurricane New York, Romney, UK News

Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: Scroll down for the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures of the day, brought to you by The Huffing...

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Felicity A Morse

What's So Controversial About Wearing A Poppy?

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Ww1, Alesha Dixon, Sapper Smith, UK News, Poppy, Race Relations, Remembrance Day, Pixie Lott, Poppies, Royal British Legion, News, UK News

As the British Legion launches its poppy appeal it seems wearing the little red flower has lost none of its potency. Political, patriotic, a sign ...

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Poppy Appeal Begins With Trafalgar Square Concert

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Ww1, Alesha Dixon, Sapper Smith, UK News, Poppy, Remembrance Day, Pixie Lott, Poppies, Royal British Legion, News, UK News

The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal starts on Wednesday with a concert fronted by singers Alesha Dixon and Pixie Lott and soldier Sapper Clive Sm...

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Royal British Legion 'Devastated' By Theft Of Thousands Of Poppies

PA | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Poppy-Day, Royal British Legion, UK Crime, UK News, Poppy, UK Police, Remembrance Day, UK News

Around 6,000 poppies, service medals and memorial plaques have been stolen from a Royal British Legion centre. The items, along with poppy wreaths,...

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Northern Ireland's Education Minister In Poppy Ban Row

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: John O'dowd, Northern Ireland, Poppy, Remembrance Day, UK Media, UK Students, Tuition Fees, Media Coverage, UK Universities & Education News

Northern Ireland's education minster John O'Dowd has hit out at journalists for publicising a "baseless" story involving a pupil who was allegedly ask...

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The Poppy is a Symbol of Respect - But it Shouldn't be One of National Pride

Emily Wight | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Muslims Against Crusades, Nationalism, Fifa, Poppy, Remembrance Day, Theresa May, UK, UK News
Emily Wight

Why has a mark of respect, a renunciation of death and a wish for peace, slipped into the realm of national identity, that which causes most of the dispute in the world? Accrediting the poppy with a national status has given ammunition to those who can't abide our country.

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Poppy for the Guy?

Jonty Langley | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Christianity, Guy Fawkes Day, Halloween, Tolerance, Poppy, Guy Fawkes, UK Politics News
Jonty Langley

This is a country where Protestants worthy of the name no longer celebrate Catholic deaths, where, for the most part, the Christian Church is smart enough not to be embarrassing. I like it. Let's reject criminalising those we strongly disagree with. Let's work to keep it that way.

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Britain To Fall Silent To Remember War Dead

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Armistice Day, World War I, Poppy, Remembrance Day, War, Dead, World War II, Great War, UK News

Britons at home are to join those serving in Afghanistan in falling silent to remember the nation's war dead. The two-minute silence at 11am will b...

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The Great Poppy Fiasco

Scott Hill | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Nationalism, Patriotism, Armistice Day, Poppy Appeal, Armed Forces, Poppy, David Cameron, Remembrance Day, Muslims, UK, UK Politics, UK-Race-Relations, UK Politics News
Scott Hill

Do not be fooled into thinking that just because you have a poppy pinned to your lapel it automatically makes you a better person; my bet is that the majority of poppy wearers do not spare a seconds thought for the armed forces outside of November.

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Budget Shop Poundland Backs Down Over Poppy Storm

PA | Posted 29.12.2011 | UK
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Budget retailer Poundland has been forced to review its dress code after a row erupted on social networking sites following claims that it had banned ...

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Forces Gather To Celebrate British Legion's 90th Anniversary

PA | Posted 19.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Army, Poppy, Westminster Abbey, Royal British Legion, Navy, Anniversary, Air Force, Military Veterans, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Military veterans and their families are due to gather for a service to mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion. ...

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