Armistice Day

Armed Forces Hire Over 40 Diversity and Inclusion Chiefs and Aim to Ban Christian Tradition From Remembrance Day Ceremonies

The UK Armed Forces are taking heat for their efforts to ramp up diversity amid historically low troop numbers, alongside proposals to remove Christian elements from Remembrance Day ceremonies.
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Unintended Ironies: Condemning the Armistice Day Marches

Armistice Day is one of those disturbing occasions of the year when humanity’s folly is laid bare.  It should be an occasion to remind said humanity about the stupid waste occasioned by war and its war-crazed planners who generally elude the dock; instead, it’s an occasion to extol its virtues and remind the reactionaries that […]

“It’s Shameful that so Many British Jews Were too Intimidated to Come to London”

It's shameful that so many British Jews were too intimidated to come to London on Saturday, says Allison Pearson, who was in Parliament Square to mark Armistice Day.
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Should the Freedom to Protest Really Trump the Freedom to Express Our Gratitude To Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice?

Should the right to protest trump the rights of those who wish to honour the fallen? Dr David McGrogan argues it should not and liberals cannot duck the issue by appealing to an absolute right to free speech.
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Nick Dixon and Toby Young Talk About Tommy Robinson’s Return to Twitter, the Pro-Palestinian Protests Planned for Armistice Weekend and Keir Starmer’s Disappearing Poppy

In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Tommy Robinson's return to Twitter, the pro-Palestinian Armistice Day protests and Keir Starmer's missing poppy as he promotes Islamophobia Awareness Month.