I’ve posted several times about Harold Wilson’s 1966 remark that England only win football championships under a Labour Government. Wilson’s remark was a joke, although less so in 1970 when England’s early exit from that year’s World Cup caused Wilson and Tony Benn concern about the impact on Labour’s vote in the 1970 Election (Labour lost).
Of course at this point similar competitions for women’s football did not exist. They do now and the Lionesses have a better record than England’s men.
The letter in the Guardian (13th July) makes the point
I wish to point out that England have already won the Euros (Starmer raises hopes of extra bank holiday if England win Euros, 11 July), and have played in a World Cup final. Can the Guardian demand that we women have our public holiday now?
Jenny Stewart
Wroxall, Isle of Wight
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