"It's such an important occasion to mark. I actually umm'd and ahh'd a lot about wearing a poppy today because I find the pageantry that comes along with it sometimes a little bit nauseating. It becomes much more about a political show than it does about remembrance. The remembrance is the key thing, especially in a world where the far right is rising, racism is on the rise, xenophobia... it's really important to remember that that's what we were fighting against in World War II."
"At the end of last month, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was urged to condemn one of his MPs, Danny Kruger, who said that an "LGBT-supporting" party could win the next election. That came after Farage said he was unhappy with an "ugly" remark from another Reform MP, Sarah Pochin, who said seeing Black and Asian faces in adverts made her mad. However, he refused to label it racist."
Remembrance Day occurs each year on 11 November, marking the silencing of guns at the end of the First World War and including a two-minute silence at 11am. Wearing a poppy was questioned because associated pageantry can become nauseating and shift focus toward political show rather than remembrance. Emphasis was placed on remembrance as opposition to the rising far right, racism, and xenophobia, which were fought against in World War II. Viewers wearing poppies while blaming immigrants were urged to reconsider. A country that cannot properly care for its veterans without charity was said to have no business waging war. Recent Reform UK controversies over immigration and racial remarks were noted.
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