The only time England have won the Football World Cup was in 1966 just months after Harold Wilson had led Labour to a 97 seat majority in the March Election of that year, Wilson noted:
Have you noticed how we only win the World Cup under a Labour government”
Wilson was also privately, and correctly, concerned about the impact England’s failure in the 1970 World Cup would have on Labour’s chances in the June General Election of that year. Labour lost.
Fast forward to 2019 and Theresa May was present at Lords to see the England’s men’s team win the Cricket World Cup on Sunday and welcomed them to Downing St on Monday. May is not up to the level of political repartee required to refer back to Wilson’s quote (as far as I can check anyway) but it does make it 1-1 all when it comes to Labour/Tory World Cups.
Perhaps we need a Super Over or Penalties to sort this out
England won the Rugby World Cup under a Labour government (in 2003) to make it 2-1.I believe also that the Tories are just ahead on wins in the women’s cricket world cup, so one can find ways to break the tie in whichever direction one chooses.
If we are only counting men’s World Cup wins in the major sports, it’s 2-1 to Labour. Blair was PM in 2003, Jonny Wilkinson and all that