Sir, – Patrick O’Byrne (November 8th) writes, “For some, the red poppy symbol advocates war and for others it advocates remembrance of the war dead. The solution might lie with the white poppy”.
This white poppy business is another piece of that liberal PC claptrap that can’t resist denigrating everything venerable. The red poppy is unambiguously about remembrance of the war dead and there is nothing to suggest that it advocates war.
For the record I am not a poppy wearer. It is a British thing. – Yours, etc,
CIARÁN CONNOLLY,
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