Even wearing a flower, or a paper pretence of one, can be contentious. In the week that there was Royal intervention to permit the wearing of poppies on a football pitch, Slicer considers some music which embodies the discord both of war and of poppy wearing - especially on this island. Despite the minimalist lyrics, there is another symbol in there too - one which also speaks of sacrifice and is supposed to represent the end of discord, and the end of empire-building. Wail away Siouxsie, for all our discord.
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