Courtesy of Liz: thanks, very appropriate this day:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8352507.stm 10 months ago via web

The Guardian's "Sir" Michael White prides himself on not 'conforming' by wearing a poppy in this piece:

"The pornography of grief – and the devalued poignancy of the poppy
We have such little experience of death nowadays that we have forgotten how to handle it"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/nov/11/pornography-of-grief-poppy-michael-white?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments

My comment includes the observation that on average, every family in the land lost a man in the Great War.

10 months ago via web

Is a simple nod too much to ask?

If the Queen can bow her head in respect for a moment, and every other political leader, why on earth can't Gordon Brown?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LgRpoObH8g 10 months ago via web