Comments on: Shell shoots itself in the foot on Remembrance Day http://www.bloggernews.net/122903 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Simon Morgan http://www.bloggernews.net/122903#comment-1440154 Simon Morgan Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:07:16 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122903#comment-1440154 Shell Retail's ban on the Royal British Legion (RBL) having poppies and collecting tins in any forecourts in UK must seem a little strange. I think Shirley Cinco (from the customer service centre in Manchester) rather misses the point when she says that Shell prefers to donate skills, time and knowledge as well as money. She seems to want to prevent members of the public supporting the RBL themselves, or allow decisions on this to be left to individual station managers, as Esso do. I know that the North Sea oil platforms are protected by the Armed Forces, by the Royal Navy and Comacchio Group, Royal Marines but that may not be sufficient for Shell to allow the general public to support RBL on their property. With so many service personnel being killed and injured, the work the Legion does is vital, given the lamentable way the government treat our Armed Forces. Given that our Armed Forces did so much to liberate Holland from the Nazis in the last war, and that the Legion is still helping those who fought and the families of those who died doing so, is Royal Dutch Shell in agreement that collections from the Poppy Appeal should not be allowed on Shell premises in UK? As an Armed Forces Veteran myself, I feel inclined to buy my fuel elsewhere. Simon Morgan Shell Retail’s ban on the Royal British Legion (RBL) having poppies and collecting tins in any forecourts in UK must seem a little strange. I think Shirley Cinco (from the customer service centre in Manchester) rather misses the point when she says that Shell prefers to donate skills, time and knowledge as well as money. She seems to want to prevent members of the public supporting the RBL themselves, or allow decisions on this to be left to individual station managers, as Esso do.

I know that the North Sea oil platforms are protected by the Armed Forces, by the Royal Navy and Comacchio Group, Royal Marines but that may not be sufficient for Shell to allow the general public to support RBL on their property. With so many service personnel being killed and injured, the work the Legion does is vital, given the lamentable way the government treat our Armed Forces.

Given that our Armed Forces did so much to liberate Holland from the Nazis in the last war, and that the Legion is still helping those who fought and the families of those who died doing so, is Royal Dutch Shell in agreement that collections from the Poppy Appeal should not be allowed on Shell premises in UK?

As an Armed Forces Veteran myself, I feel inclined to buy my fuel elsewhere.

Simon Morgan

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