Red Poppy Debate | Major General Arthur Denaro | Opposition
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The Motion: This House Would Not Wear The Red Poppy
Major General Arthur Denaro continues the case for the opposition, as the fourth speaker of six in the debate.
The motion was defeated by 241 votes to 93.
Major General Arthur George Denaro CBE DL is a former British Army officer. He led his regiment, the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, during the Gulf War and later became Commandant of Sandhurst. He commanded the 5th Infantry Division from 2000 to 2003. He was the highest-ranking officer of foreign birth in the British Army at that time.
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