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UK; Parade for remembering British war dead nixed by police due to ‘lack of funding’……..


But they have cops on hand for this kind of politicized BS…

 

Maybe it’s better that those kind of cops are not allowed anywhere near any celebration of war heroes.

Jock Bryson, 82, who runs the town’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal, said: ‘I feel disgusted that people went to war and gave their lives and now, all of a sudden, the police are saying they are not going to help us this year.’

Poppy Day is cancelled by the police: Outrage as forces insist they cannot afford to man remembrance parades amid budget cuts

  • Campaigners have blasted forces for breaking the decades-old tradition
  • Senior officers say they have no choice because of Government budget cuts
  • Volunteers are battling to raise hundreds of pounds to hire professional traffic management firms to meet strict health and safety standards

Poppy Day parades to honour Britain’s war dead are facing the axe because police chiefs across the country are refusing to send officers to block off roads.

 

Campaigners have blasted forces for breaking the decades-old tradition, but senior officers say they have no choice because of Government budget cuts.

 

Instead, volunteers are battling to raise hundreds of pounds to hire professional traffic management firms to meet strict health and safety standards.

 

Organisers of the annual parade in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, which attracts about 10,000 people, say they need to raise £800 to save the event.

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