Charities should be made to be totally transparent. How much they pay their top brass, how much they pay their Chuggers on the street, how much they pay for television advertising.
And most importantly the ratio of cash collected to actual cash put to good causes.
I've had to "deal with" a few small charities in my time and they were all the same. They want special treatment and threaten closure when they get it wrong and face a big bill.
In respect of poppies, my grandfather was a late recruit into WW1, and survived. Had he not survived I wouldn't be here, so for that alone, and for all those who perished in WW1 it's highly symbolic.
I've also had a long term fascination with WW2 Naval Warfare and Aviation of all sides. I don't read fiction. When I read it's factual stuff about WW2. My great uncle survived the war (uninjured except for malaria)in Bomber Command and my Uncle survived the war after wading ashore in Normandy, but he did get injured from a mine, but remained intact.
So I have plenty to be thankful for, and continuing to show respect for all the dead in both those wars is the least I can do. Not many combatants wanted to be there, that's for sure. (Especially the Russian front in winter).
And obviously conflicts just go on and on.
