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    Benjamin Butterworth‏Verified account @benjaminbutter 10 Nov 2019

    I've been shocked by how many people are not wearing a poppy in London today. Not just a minority, but hardly anybody. They say 'lest we forget', but it seems a lot of people do.

    10:41 AM - 10 Nov 2019
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      2. ant‏ @iamanthonyjames 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @benjaminbutter

        You don’t need a poppy to remember

        4 replies 0 retweets 346 likes
      3. Benjamin Butterworth‏Verified account @benjaminbutter 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @iamanthonyjames

        No, but it’s a pretty basic demonstration of remembering. And buying a poppy funds important work by the British Legion.

        67 replies 5 retweets 93 likes
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      1.  🐝 ⚽️ 🎵 🎶 ☕️‏ @watfordfocus 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @benjaminbutter

        Not wearing a poppy does not necessarily equate to forgetting.

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      2. neil merriman‏ @NeilMerriman 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @benjaminbutter

        I know people who put money in thy tins but don’t wear a poppy

        2 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
      3. Claire‏ @Verybemused 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @NeilMerriman @benjaminbutter

        That’s me. I always wore a poppy, even in the 1990s as a teenager when it was very unusual for a teenager to do cos my Nan describing manning a barrage balloon in the east end had a big impact on me. I stopped when Nigel Farage and co started telling me I had to but still donate.

        1 reply 0 retweets 25 likes
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      2. Tom Davidson‏Verified account @TomDavidson09 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @benjaminbutter

        Please don’t be the poppy police. There’s a lot more to remembering than a symbol pinned to your coat.

        4 replies 4 retweets 280 likes
      3. James Doleman‏ @jamesdoleman 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @TomDavidson09 @benjaminbutter

        That's what happens when you turn it from a solemn symbol of rememberence to a weapon in a culture war.

        6 replies 12 retweets 285 likes
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      2. Norman Goldner‏ @nlygo 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @benjaminbutter

        in Judaism you light a candle on the anniversary of a significant death e.g. parent,sibling or brother. Except I never do. I remember and think of those I've lost every day. And the same applies to Remembrance Sunday.

        2 replies 0 retweets 81 likes
      3. Norman Goldner‏ @nlygo 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @nlygo @benjaminbutter

        parent, sibling or partner... Tweet in haste, retweet at leisure.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. things_can_only_get_better.exe‏ @iamhamesh 10 Nov 2019
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        that is unfair. people are able to pay their respects and remember the sacrifices made without having to wear a poppy. a poppy doesn't uniquely enable that.

        1 reply 1 retweet 114 likes
      3. Paul Finch‏ @paulrtafinch 10 Nov 2019
        Replying to @iamhamesh @benjaminbutter

        Exactly. Less of the woke-shaming !

        2 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
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