Mescal, of course, is Irish and, one imagines, was in no way pressured by anyone connected to The Graham Norton Show to don a poppy. Unless something has changed in the UK, they are not handing ready-to-pin poppies out at passport control when you arrive on their patch.
"I recognise fully why people wear poppies, I totally respect everyone’s right to do so and I have total sympathy for anyone who has lost loved ones due to conflict... Whilst I have done so previously, on reflection I now don't feel it is right for me to wear the poppy on my shirt. "I do not want to undermine the poppy as a symbol of pride within Britain or offend anyone, however, we are all a product of our own upbringing and this is a personal choice for the reasons outlined.", were penned five years ago, and underlined Matic's point with respect and distinction.And yet here we are, five years on, trying to push poppies and agendas on people and getting upset at stuff that is not worth the time and effort.
Why is Graham wearing one?
Yes. An Irish man should celebrate the British army who stole his land and murdered his ancestors. How dare he. 🤣
'The lesson here – do not visit England in the month of November unless you intend to wear a poppy.' - What a load of BS
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Why should an Irishman wear a Poppy? You don't see the British wearing Lily's!
The England rugby team clearly hate England.
The Poppy was originally for the fallen in WW1 then WW2 now its for any British soldier who had fallen in any conflict including imperialist and illegal wars in NI, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. The poppy has been hijacked by right wing militaristic neocons.
Completely subverted/detached from its original meaning. Rightwing militarists have misrepresented and misappropriated the lived experiences of people across these islands who suffered and died in the immense slaughter of WW1. The cynical politicisation of unspeakable pain.