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I have no problem with Remembrance Sunday. It's a British occasion so has largely escaped the Hallmarkisation that mars other occasions like Halloween. What does seem odd and is something that I've only noticed this year, is that the poppy wearing period seems to have dramatically lengthened. I had a disagreement with a collection woman yesterday who didn't understand that I didn't want to get a poppy and wear it almost an entire fortnight before Remembrance Sunday. Most TV presenters seem to have been wearing them for a week or two already. When Sir Ian Blair was making his statement yesterday as to why being found guilty did not actually mean anyone did anything wrong he and all his officers were kitted out with those poppies that have the green leaf accessory.

Has it always been like this or is it something new?