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British cosmetic shop bans Rememberance Day poppies

A chain of cosmetic stores has banned its staff from wearing Remembrance Day poppies.

Catherine Barr, an assistant with Bodycare UK for seven years, was astonished when she was ordered to remove the poppy she had worn to work.

“I turned up for work wearing my poppy and was told by management that I couldn’t. I was quite upset and really annoyed, so refused to remove it.”...

... Because of her refusal an area manager called at the store to inform her it was “against company policy”...

... Local war veterans are saddened by the ban. David Murray, county manager for West Lancashire Royal British Legion, said: "Poppies are there for the remembrance of troops past and present, and it’s always sad when corporate bodies take that sort of stance.”

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)