World War One Remembered, Passchendaele

I thought it was excellent too and I didn't mind the experts because they were all new to me and I had a dread of Worsley, Snow and that posh writer block (I meant bloke but that could be a Freudian slip par excellence) being wheeled out. If you buy the Royal British Legion Passchendaele Poppy Pin made from the brass of shells found in the fields you get an individual grave marker card, telling you something about the person buried in that grave or you may get one that only tells you about the grave as it may be an unknown soldier. They are hoping that the recipients will visit it at some point and commemorate the person's sacrifice. The video about this and the making of the pins is very good (RBL Website).

Now that is a comment I really fail to understand, regardless of whether one is pro or anti the EU.

What possible difference would being in the EU make to future commemorations, or are you suggesting that if we are out of the EU there is a risk of an event such as Passchendaele being repeated?

Well forgive me, but first I really did not and do not understand what your original point was, and second, I thought, on your own instructions that this board was abuse free. And your latest remark in my view comes pretty close to crossing that line.

People like me?

I am not going to get into this too deep, save to say that the world was a very different place 100 years ago. The causes of the first world war were far more complex than a couple of superpowers flexing their muscles.

And for you to accuse me of populism is way off the beam. But then you don't know me at all.

I am not going to drag this out either, but when you said



I questioned it, and it was not a personal remark to me or about me as I failed to see what that had to do with the discussion on Passendaele. You then went on to say




That was a little different, and personal.

And I fail even now to understand how you can conflate the slaughter in that war with Brexit. Unfortunately the remain side seems to regard the leave side with total contempt and accuses them constantly of not having enough intelligence to understand the arguments, or to have been able to unpick the truth from the lies. Lies told in bucketful's by both sides.

Now I a going home and getting ready to go to the pub. Something that I will be able to do whether we are in or out of Europe. And with any luck I will still be buying my beer in pints and not litres in the years I have left.

Perhaps you do not understand the meaning of "Freedom of Movement"
It doesn't just apply to Brexiters who seek to stop people coming here, it works the other way too
Already if entering Alicante airport already you will no longer be waved through as part of the EU, your fingerprints and eyes will be photographed
Post Brexit, if it ever happens, you will need visas etc to attend future commemorations or visit anywhere in Europe. It only needs a Trump to get elected somewhere in Europe and we could have something similar to his ban on Muslims visiting the USA
Those who rushed to vote Leave are finding out what they have voted for

Back to the OP, there was another ceremony today at the Tyne Cot cemetery. Basically similar to the one at Ypres last night but more of a religious ceremony to commemorate the actual day that the battle commenced
Attended today by Prince Charles but without Camilla, notably he needed a cushion for his back on his seat. Perhaps he will retire from public life like his father