Every Day is Poppy Day

Lest we forget, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has reported the latest results of Victory in Afghanistan, the mission accomplished by Britain's brave boys in the crusade to eradicate from the world the scourge of the drug-sponsored Taliban. As one would expect, opium production has increased, possibly by as much as seventeen per cent, and money from the sales continues to finance Taliban operations. No doubt Britain's Head Boy will be ordering Nick Clegg to write a nice, obsequious thank-you note to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime for waiting until 12 November to announce that Helmand, where Britain's brave boys did most of the sterling work of state-building, remains the liberated country's most poppy-friendly province.