…proclaims the headline on the BBC News website with a picture of Jimmy Saville (aka Victor Flowers) and the Barmy Army in full swing.

Cricketing authorities in Australia have announced a new zero-tolerance policy towards racism in the stands.

They have threatened offenders with lifetime bans from their grounds.
(Taken from the BBC Website)

However, in this ‘zero-tolerance’ policy, it’ll still be OK for the Aussies to refer to English fans as poms. Apparently Cricket Australia spoke to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission to check if it the term pom would be considered a racist term and the answer was no because it’s origins lay in a historical term (prisoners of his majesty) which has no relevance to today’s society.

With that in mind I suggest that when the Barmy Army descend on the cricket grounds of Australia that they refer to their hosts as Former United Colonies King’s Wayfarers In The South.

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