Post Brexit: next stop, sporting freedom.

The onward rush to quiet conservative fascism continues a pace, with the footballing authorities of England and Scotland choosing to give the player black armbands with red poppies to wear at the international due to be played in 11/11. The media debate has focused on the political nature of the icon, or rather denying that such would be true.
The use of the red poppy is far from universal. What is a trend to be recognised is that cultures feeling their way to the right of the political spectrum frequently fall back onto images taken from “nature” to imbibe their project with the authority of the transcendent. If you must call upon a sign to do your dirty work for you, it should be godlike, otherwise someone will find room to quibble. Better to declare the rightness of your argument, with talk of truth and something natural, far above the political maelstrom.
Hopefully, we will get kicked out of FIFA, and the project of kicking the UK back to the 1930s will be one step nearer completion.