Stand up to ugly regime

BANNING rainbow logos on armbands, shirts and hats is dictatorial bigotry from FIFA and the Qatari regime.

Where are the full-blooded denunciations of this tyranny from Downing Street?

Why isn’t the UK Government standing up for all England and Wales supporters?

Why isn’t Foreign Secretary James Cleverly championing the right of our country’s citizens to express themselves and support others?

Ministers are letting us down, terrified of upsetting an oppressive Gulf state – one that sells us gas and buys our weapons, by the way.

In a very odd speech, FIFA President Giannia Infantino tried to defend the organisation but he can’t hide the fact that the beautiful game’s rulers commit, or comply with, ugly acts.

Dictators worried about rainbow armbands deserve to lose – both off the pitch and on.