I'm partially with Jon Snow in that wearing the Poppy two weeks before Remembrance Day as per BBC newsreaders is ott but I see no reason for public figures not to wear it two or three days before. There are many from the younger generations who genuinely are not aware of the Poppy's significance and exposure to the public wearing of it may cause them to question why and what it means.
Carry on giving your ten quid a month, it'll be put to good use and your bar bill will be welcome too but wear your Poppy too with pride because it's not only the comrades you've lost personally that are remembered but many thousands of others.
We shall remember them