I tried to buy a poppy in my local (London) road the other day. I traipsed around about a dozen shops and met with totally blank expressions when I asked to buy a poppy. A couple of shop assistants looked at me as if I was trying to buy opium. One newsagent said that the old lady who 'used to come round' hadn't been heard of this year.
The generally cool looks from people in a highly cosmopolitan area were frankly disturbing.
I have no problem with folk coming to live in my country. However, it would be nice if they understood that the freedom they sought here was actually hard won by millions of our people dying in the last century.