According to allies of Starmer, #PoppyGate (in which Starmer removed his poppy in order to film about Islamophobia) was not an intentional act but merely a mistake.
As to whether this is the truth or not, we shall never know.
However, I would point out to those who think that they should remove poppies when trying to cadge votes from Muslims that Muslims fought with honour alongside Christians, Sikhs, Jewish people, atheists and Hindus during both world wars.
The poppy is as much respecting their sacrifice as everyone else's.
Only the extremists and trouble makers try to distort that.
