Harold Wilson believed that he lost the 1970 election because England failed to win the World Cup
Does anybody believe that Gordon Brown’s electoral prospects will improve because of Team GB’s success in the Olympics? or has John Major succeeded in grabbing all the credit for the Conservatives?
And anyway, when did we become Great Britain for this purpose? I am sure I remember waiting forever for our team to parade in under ‘U’ for United Kingdom at the Opening & Closing ceremonies, so I do not think it goes back to the change of citizenship laws in 1981
How do the Northern Irish feel about this?
And since we have competitors from the Isle of Man (+ the Channel Islands?) in our team, should we not really be The British Isles?
