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Brexit Party criticises using Remembrance Poppy to promote LGBTQ rights
GARETH ICKE
'A Brexit Party candidate has said the Remembrance Poppy should not be used to promote political issues or groups such as the LGBTQ community.
Nicholas Goulding is running as the party’s candidate for Eddisbury, Cheshire in the forthcoming December 12 General Election.
An unofficial version of the Remembrance Sunday poppy is being used to represent soldiers from the LGBTQ community and is being sold online.
However, Trevor Coult - a former solider and military cross recipient - posted a tweet expressing his outrage, which the Brexit Party hopeful Mr Goulding retweeted.
The original tweet said: "If your gay, bi, trans or whatever, I don’t care.
"You have a pride month to celebrate who you are. Please don’t take over the one day a year where i get to remember my friends and all those that died for this country. Leave the poppy alone and have some respect."
Speaking to Yahoo News UK, Mr Goulding explained he supported Mr Coult's tweet because the symbol of remembrance should be "kept outside the political frame" - as it is a symbol of unity that represents everyone in the country.
The Brexit Party candidate said: "It, the poppy symbol, has been established as an emblem of remembrance and it shouldn’t be adulterated for other means. It shouldn't be used for other purposes, no matter what that purpose should be.
"It should be there to unite everyone in the country. If you take an emblem and use it for political controversy, then you are undermining a symbol for the nation."
Mr Goulding explained that he is not against other campaigns - but feels that the poppy should be used to remember those who gave their lives in conflict.
He continued: "That's not to say I'm against other campaigns, it's to say I think remembrance day and poppy emblem should be kept outside the political frame.
"When you see the leaders sitting next to each other at the Cenotaph that’s acceptable as they display national unity.
“The people who died died for the country as a whole and their immediate friends and comrades did so without making reservation as to who it was for.
“We shouldn’t use that to make any point. I may be from the Brexit Party - but I’m not using that as a handle.
“It is a symbol for everybody, and it also represents the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens, or the Tories. They all share the same heritage."
https://www.davidicke.com/article/5...-using-remembrance-poppy-promote-lgbtq-rights
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...py-to-promote-lgbtq-rights/ar-AAJXdzq?ocid=se
GARETH ICKE
'A Brexit Party candidate has said the Remembrance Poppy should not be used to promote political issues or groups such as the LGBTQ community.
Nicholas Goulding is running as the party’s candidate for Eddisbury, Cheshire in the forthcoming December 12 General Election.
An unofficial version of the Remembrance Sunday poppy is being used to represent soldiers from the LGBTQ community and is being sold online.
However, Trevor Coult - a former solider and military cross recipient - posted a tweet expressing his outrage, which the Brexit Party hopeful Mr Goulding retweeted.
The original tweet said: "If your gay, bi, trans or whatever, I don’t care.
"You have a pride month to celebrate who you are. Please don’t take over the one day a year where i get to remember my friends and all those that died for this country. Leave the poppy alone and have some respect."
Speaking to Yahoo News UK, Mr Goulding explained he supported Mr Coult's tweet because the symbol of remembrance should be "kept outside the political frame" - as it is a symbol of unity that represents everyone in the country.
The Brexit Party candidate said: "It, the poppy symbol, has been established as an emblem of remembrance and it shouldn’t be adulterated for other means. It shouldn't be used for other purposes, no matter what that purpose should be.
"It should be there to unite everyone in the country. If you take an emblem and use it for political controversy, then you are undermining a symbol for the nation."
Mr Goulding explained that he is not against other campaigns - but feels that the poppy should be used to remember those who gave their lives in conflict.
He continued: "That's not to say I'm against other campaigns, it's to say I think remembrance day and poppy emblem should be kept outside the political frame.
"When you see the leaders sitting next to each other at the Cenotaph that’s acceptable as they display national unity.
“The people who died died for the country as a whole and their immediate friends and comrades did so without making reservation as to who it was for.
“We shouldn’t use that to make any point. I may be from the Brexit Party - but I’m not using that as a handle.
“It is a symbol for everybody, and it also represents the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens, or the Tories. They all share the same heritage."
https://www.davidicke.com/article/5...-using-remembrance-poppy-promote-lgbtq-rights
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...py-to-promote-lgbtq-rights/ar-AAJXdzq?ocid=se
Anja Heilmann
@_anjaheilmann
· 9 Nov
Now I’m living in the UK, with dual nationality. And I hope more than anything that the country I chose to make my home will step back from the brink that is Brexit, and will not be putting up walls again. /end
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Nick Goulding
@NickGoulding4
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You obviously did not leave all those totalitarian instincts behind in the DDR.
The simple fact is that we had a vote and in a democracy the will of the people should be reflected in action, and not just the view of the "right people" as you seem to think.
@_anjaheilmann
· 9 Nov
Now I’m living in the UK, with dual nationality. And I hope more than anything that the country I chose to make my home will step back from the brink that is Brexit, and will not be putting up walls again. /end
#BerlinWall30
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Nick Goulding
@NickGoulding4
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22h
You obviously did not leave all those totalitarian instincts behind in the DDR.
The simple fact is that we had a vote and in a democracy the will of the people should be reflected in action, and not just the view of the "right people" as you seem to think.
Brexit Party criticises using Remembrance Poppy to promote LGBTQ rights
GARETH ICKE
'A Brexit Party candidate has said the Remembrance Poppy should not be used to promote political issues or groups such as the LGBTQ community.
Nicholas Goulding is running as the party’s candidate for Eddisbury, Cheshire in the forthcoming December 12 General Election.
An unofficial version of the Remembrance Sunday poppy is being used to represent soldiers from the LGBTQ community and is being sold online.
However, Trevor Coult - a former solider and military cross recipient - posted a tweet expressing his outrage, which the Brexit Party hopeful Mr Goulding retweeted.
The original tweet said: "If your gay, bi, trans or whatever, I don’t care.
"You have a pride month to celebrate who you are. Please don’t take over the one day a year where i get to remember my friends and all those that died for this country. Leave the poppy alone and have some respect."
Speaking to Yahoo News UK, Mr Goulding explained he supported Mr Coult's tweet because the symbol of remembrance should be "kept outside the political frame" - as it is a symbol of unity that represents everyone in the country.
The Brexit Party candidate said: "It, the poppy symbol, has been established as an emblem of remembrance and it shouldn’t be adulterated for other means. It shouldn't be used for other purposes, no matter what that purpose should be.
"It should be there to unite everyone in the country. If you take an emblem and use it for political controversy, then you are undermining a symbol for the nation."
Mr Goulding explained that he is not against other campaigns - but feels that the poppy should be used to remember those who gave their lives in conflict.
He continued: "That's not to say I'm against other campaigns, it's to say I think remembrance day and poppy emblem should be kept outside the political frame.
"When you see the leaders sitting next to each other at the Cenotaph that’s acceptable as they display national unity.
“The people who died died for the country as a whole and their immediate friends and comrades did so without making reservation as to who it was for.
“We shouldn’t use that to make any point. I may be from the Brexit Party - but I’m not using that as a handle.
“It is a symbol for everybody, and it also represents the Liberal Democrats, or the Greens, or the Tories. They all share the same heritage."
https://www.davidicke.com/article/5...-using-remembrance-poppy-promote-lgbtq-rights
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...py-to-promote-lgbtq-rights/ar-AAJXdzq?ocid=se
Proof you will believe anything.
The whole rainbow poppy thing is a fake, you dipstick. Research it.
No, it isn't. Don't be silly.
And it was a rainbow poppy from the UK that led to that student being suspended by their fascist teachers.
You see, I HAVE done my research.
Actually it wasn't. The story that originally came out is not exactly what happened.
There are still rainbow poppies available to wear. People have been buying them.