David Aaronovitch points out the inconsistancies in the recent outbreaks of sporting patriotism.
A couple of weeks ago the Daily Mail was ranting about plans to enter a European team into the Olympics (“NOW EU BIDS TO HIJACK OLYMPIC GLORY”) but yesterday everyone was quite happy to cheer on the European golfing team as it beat the American team in the Ryder Cup.
I’ll just take as further proof that most sports fans have an important part of their brain missing.
Golf isn’t sport. It’s a nice stroll, spoilt by bad taste in trousers.