The Royal British Legion wrote privately to Nick Griffin asking him to stop wearing a poppy badge as he campaigned for the recent elections.
He didn't, so now they've gone public:
"The poppy is the symbol of sacrifices made by British armed forces in conflicts both past and present and it has been paid for with blood and valour...
"True valour deserves respect regardless of a person's ethnic origin, and everyone who serves or has served their country deserves nothing less … [our national chairman] appealed to your sense of honour. But you have responded by continuing to wear the poppy.
"So now we're no longer asking you privately.
"Stop it, Mr Griffin. Just stop it."
The open letter was printed in Saturday's Grauniad, but I think you'll find the story in all papers now, together with Griffin's self-serving assertion that he (yes, he) is morally superior to the Legion vis-à-vis injured service personnel
He didn't, so now they've gone public:
"The poppy is the symbol of sacrifices made by British armed forces in conflicts both past and present and it has been paid for with blood and valour...
"True valour deserves respect regardless of a person's ethnic origin, and everyone who serves or has served their country deserves nothing less … [our national chairman] appealed to your sense of honour. But you have responded by continuing to wear the poppy.
"So now we're no longer asking you privately.
"Stop it, Mr Griffin. Just stop it."
The open letter was printed in Saturday's Grauniad, but I think you'll find the story in all papers now, together with Griffin's self-serving assertion that he (yes, he) is morally superior to the Legion vis-à-vis injured service personnel
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