England play the opening match of the 2026 Men’s Football World Cup on 17th June and lost to Argentina 2-1 in the semi-final on 15th July
Making his final Commons appearance as Labour leader at PMQs on 15th July Starmer underlined that England only win the Men’s World Cup with a Labour Government. Their exit from the tournament begs the question if the last two years has really been such a thing.
The only time England have won the 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”
He may well have got the line from comedian Mike Yarwood
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.
Perhaps Everton fan Andy Burnham will at least hope for an England third place victory against France..
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No one is really concerned with the bronze medal – it must be a very difficult job for the head coach to motivate the players. So different from an athletics bronze.
It tells us nothing, as “x only happens when y” does not entail “x always happens when y”. (In any case, of course, we don’t need to be told about Starmer by football… his own actions are enough.)