‘With recent Ipsos polling showing that one in two Britons... say there are no circumstances in which they would be willing to take up arms for Britain... it’s time to look to peaceful alternatives’

Quakers lay white-poppy wreaths

‘With recent Ipsos polling showing that one in two Britons... say there are no circumstances in which they would be willing to take up arms for Britain... it’s time to look to peaceful alternatives’

by Rebecca Hardy 13th November 2026

Friends around the country have marked Remembrance Day with white poppy wreaths.

Quakers lay white-poppy wreaths

‘With recent Ipsos polling showing that one in two Britons... say there are no circumstances in which they would be willing to take up arms for Britain... it’s time to look to peaceful alternatives’

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