Andy mentions that Longrider has a post up on this poppy business, Lammy etc. in 2025. I added, in comments:
Agreed, plus two other factors:
* There’s that 100 year old WW2 chap who said it was hardly worth the effort looking around now.
* The new “commercial” poppies with the year stamped on them, so we cannot use them again.
I had about seven of the old sort with the cloth or paper petals but they *were* getting a bit tatty, so I threw them out, headed into town to buy more. There *were* none, only these slick, tiny, commercial badges with year stamped. That was in 2023 … never again.
What I particularly did not like was the man selling them. How much, I asked. He said “donation”, which it always had been, I took out a fiver to put in and he looked down his nose, not even a nod. That was the last time. How much is the CEO on p.a.?
It was Alex Belfield who alerted me to the fact that the Royal British Legion has assets of over £100million. So why are there so many of our veterans who are homeless, in dire financial situations and in need of help?
ReplyDeleteThat's why I no longer give them any money.
Supposedly £80m of the £109m is an "emergency fund". Quite what emergency they are expecting to hoard that much cash, $DIETY alone know. Still, I'm sure the CEO on £95k must have a reason...
DeleteThis year, I’m going with a silver spitfire in a garland of red enamel poppies, a brooch I bought online from the RAF gift shop!
ReplyDeleteAgree with all the above. And glad not to have to hop and skip through WordPress Username, email address and password combat obstacle course.
ReplyDeleteHere goes.Wish me luck. Doonhamer