{"id":85719,"date":"2017-10-25T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=03e65e3617df5407d3d9e15117380643"},"modified":"2017-10-25T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:43:00","slug":"news-story-uk-government-ministers-host-poppyscotland-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85719","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK Government ministers host Poppyscotland launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Although the deadline for the old \u2018round pound\u2019 coin passed on 15 October, they can still be banked or donated to charity, with Poppyscotland happily accepting donations.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Secretary David Mundell and UK Minister for Scotland Lord Duncan welcomed representatives of Poppyscotland and guests to Dover House this evening [25 October], including Harriett Baldwin MP and Tobias Elwood MP from the Ministry of Defence, to show their support for Scotland\u2019s Armed Forces community.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the event, Lord Duncan said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It is a pleasure to launch this year\u2019s Poppyscotland campaign in Dover House, as we remember all those who have served and sacrificed for our country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I visited the Lady Haig Poppy Factory and met the ex-servicemen who create the more than five million poppies every year and saw first-hand the support Poppyscotland provides for our veterans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It is important to remember also that Poppyscotland will still be accepting your old pound coins, so dig down the back of the sofa, check your loose change and buy a poppy to show your support for our armed forces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his visit to the Lady Haig\u2019s Poppy Factory, Lord Duncan learnt how to put together the distinctive four-leaf crimped poppies.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CV_dqs4C3CI\">Lady Haig\u2019s Poppy Factory Visit &#8211; October 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Government ministers hosted the launch of this year\u2019s appeal, encouraging everyone to use their old \u2018round pounds\u2019 to purchase their poppy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85723,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85719\/revisions\/85723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}