Leaving the local supermarket this morning there was a table full of BL merchandise for the poppy appeal, sitting beside the table was a woman pastered in poppies over her hat and top, very busy on her phone so busy she did not bother to look up when I stopped to buy a poppy, so I put my £1. in the tin ( which seems very empty, hardly surprising) and left without any poppy. I know she is not representative of the thousands who give their time, but it was a negative experience and not good for the appeal.
Mega dinghies transport 230 migrants in one go. 80,000 arrived under Labour.
