Royal British Legion stands by its rainbow Pride poppy after a Reform councillor accuses it of 'politicising remembrance'
The Royal British Legion's Poppy Pride badge, which the charity says honours LGBTQ+ service personnel who faced discrimination under the military ban on gay personnel lifted in 2000.
Joseph Boam, a Reform UK councillor representing Whitwick on Leicestershire County Council, attacked the Royal British Legion on Facebook, calling its rainbow Poppy Pride badge "woke virtue signalling" and demanding to know "who else has had enough of this."
The RBL says its Poppy Pride badge honours LGBTQ+ service personnel who faced discrimination under the military ban on gay personnel lifted in January 2000.
