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Poppies, football and remembering the dead: they’ve always been political

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In 1919 a series of special international football matches were held between the British home nations. They were not to honour or remember the dead but to celebrate victory in the Great War. For all the suffering inflicted by the conflict, it was still a success for Britain and one which many veterans were immensely […]

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