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Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Today Programme" 820

Roundup

11-11-05

Popies [5min]

Ben Elton, author and comedian -- and nephew of historian GR Elton -- and Brigadier Ian Townsend, the Director General of the Royal British Legion, discuss why so many young British people are reluctant to wear poppies in honour of Remembrance Day.

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