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The football associations of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will ask permission from Fifa for teams to wear poppies in November’s international games

Politicising the poppy is disgraceful. What a repulsive strategy and what an appalling way to treat ex-servicemen, who fought for freedom of thought. – Paul Fitzgerald Totally agree! Would love to see ALL politicians wearing a poppy in memory of all the men who gave their lives in previous wars so we could live ours in peace! – West’s Awake For those who choose not to wear a poppy, just as long as they know people lost their lives so that they could make that choice. We should all respect that choice, because that’s what freedom means. – Symanski Asking permission from one of the most corrupt organisations on the planet? You must be kidding. – Truescot They should all wear a white poppy to remember all those killed in wars. –RJS It’s Scottish fans who should be wearing black armbands. The team died years ago. – Auld Reekie