Steve Woods on Nostr: A masterclass in British ignorant arrogance and arrogant ignorance. "In 2010, then ...
A masterclass in British ignorant arrogance and arrogant ignorance.
"In 2010, then prime minister David Cameron and a team of ministers insisted on wearing poppies during a state visit to China, even though Chinese officials asked them not to because the poppy is a symbol of China’s humiliation in the 19th-century Opium wars."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/has-poppymania-gone-too-far
"In 2010, then prime minister David Cameron and a team of ministers insisted on wearing poppies during a state visit to China, even though Chinese officials asked them not to because the poppy is a symbol of China’s humiliation in the 19th-century Opium wars."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/has-poppymania-gone-too-far