David Lammy being caught without a poppy sparked a national debate. But there are many ways to honour the fallenAt the start of last week, I was thinking my regular Remembrance season thoughts – Are people wearing poppies...
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Read MoreArchives reveal political manoeuvring to ensure DUP’s inclusion in 2004 Remembrance Sunday ceremonyTony Blair’s government altered the rules on party leaders laying wreaths at the Cenotaph to keep unionists onboard...
Read MoreKing’s pageant master is at odds with Royal British Legion and government over events for the big dayPeople will be asked to eat fish and chips and sing I Vow To Thee My Country around a chain of beacons to mark the 80th...
Read MoreFormer post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandalTom Tugendhat is one of two Conservative leadership candidates not in the...
Read MoreHuge attendance at marsh will add to pressure on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to back calls for ceasefire in Middle East conflictHundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through central London yesterday to protest...
Read MoreLondon mayor’s office believes audio clips have been generated using artificial intelligence softwareFaked audio of Sadiq Khan dismissing the importance of Armistice Day events this weekend is circulating among extreme...
Read MoreMark Sedwill says there was sometimes ‘gallows humour’ in ‘a very stressful period’ in 2020Keith is only now asking about Covid. All the questions so far have been about process.Sedwill says, when...
Read MoreGovernment aiming to limit rights of railway workers, ambulance staff and border officials to go on strikeRishi Sunak has not accepted that Suella Braverman’s description of rough sleeping as a “lifestyle...
Read MoreFormer PM’s deputy principal private secretary asked about entry in Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary about phrase reportedly used by JohnsonRishi Sunak has not accepted that Suella Braverman’s description of rough...
Read MoreUK government worries about further unrest in spite of reassurances from organisers about march avoiding the CenotaphIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesThe deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, has reiterated the...
Read MoreExclusive: former veterans minister Johnny Mercer and others had condemned plans to scrap free travelThe government has vowed to guarantee free rail travel for military personnel to attend remembrance services this year after...
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