A charity urging people to wear white rather than red poppies has been accused of attempting to 'hijack' Remembrance Sunday after calling for the occasion to be 'decolonised' and not 'glorify' the British Empire. The PPU has now issued a statement aimed at drawing attention to the UK's colonial past, coinciding with Remembrance Sunday today and tomorrow's Armistice Day which …
A charity urging people to wear white rather than red poppies has been accused of attempting to 'hijack' Remembrance Sunday after calling for the occasion to be 'decolonised' and not 'glorify' the British Empire. Remembrance Sunday today involves a veterans' parade along Whitehall past the Cenotaph in central London - pictured here is last year's event Red poppies have been …
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