Nanny State Declares War on British Military

Chepstow mayor Hilary Beach tried to ban The Rifles from carrying their icky nasty evil rifles in the annual Remembrance Day parade.  Its so typical of the modern British Nanny State, typical and sad.

Thankfully, the idiot mayor was pretty much smacked down universally, and the British Army will be able to carry their rifles in their march.

Here is the sniveling Mayor,

"I would prefer for there not be any guns at the parade - and raised it because it is an issue I personally feel very strongly about.

"I am very much against guns and think they are awful things. Killing in any war is awful and I am against this violence.

"But I want to make it clear that I hold Remembrance Day as extremely important and it is vital that members of the Armed Forces are in attendance.

"I have always thought about Remembrance Day as a time for peace and to remember those who have lost their lives in combat. However, I think this could be done better without any guns.

"Everybody is worried about the rise in gun crime and violence in this country at the moment, and the destruction these weapons cause is terrible."

Absolutely vile.  No respect for what these soldiers do and have done for her.

Says one of the local councilmen,

Phylip Hobson, a fellow councillor, added: "The war veterans have brought guns to the cenotaph since 1918 - guns have always played a part in Remembrance Day.

"We are all very excited about seeing the Rifles in full dress and giving them a warm welcome."

I really, REALLY hope there's a big backlash against the Nanny Statism in Britain, for their sake.  But she isn't the only dirtbag in this story, nah, not with the British government, the leftist Nannying fun never ends!

A Remembrance Sunday cannon salute at the start and end of the twominute 11am silence has been banned.

The cannon, known as a maroon, used to be fired by the Parks Police service in Sutton, Surrey. But its replacement by a "Safer Parks Team" - a sergeant, two constables and three police community support officers - has led to is being banned because of health and safety fears.

Unbelievable.  And yet, there's more, the Nanny State has Banned the laying of poppy wreaths on the top of Great Gable, arguing the poppy wreaths leave a mess as they age that they don't want to clean.  Protesters plan to go anyway, they say they'll clean up what's left.  Says one protester,

"People laid down their lives in order to protect our freedom from precisely this kind of interference. We intend to lay our wreaths and remember their sacrifices."

Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11, and started after WWI to pay respects to the sacrifices made by British servicemen and civilians to fight the war.

This is the same day we celebrate Veterans Day(which used to be Armistice Day, to mark the end of WWI), but in function, Remembrance Day is more like our Memorial Day.  You may notice that certain British sites have a poppy flower posted somewhere if you're looking for it, I also noticed Kevin Godlington was wearing one on his lapel on RedEye recently.  The poppies are used as a symbol of remembrance in many colonies of the former British Empire as well. 

Those who have served the British military deserve better than the disrespect they've received from their own government.  God bless you guys.

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