We'll go on getting bad results

Three Lions

Come on the Germans were average. If we had had a decent coach we could have gone all the way. Ferdinand, Gerrard and Rooney is not a bad spine for any team.

THX1138

"Libertarian" Boris telling us what to do we could certainly do with less of that.

As for ballooning seems to be plenty of ballooning of the Johnson waistline going on & children playing outside in London, well I suppose they would get plenty of exercise running away from the muggers, stabbers; dodging the loony minicab drivers & yummy mums on mobiles driving 4X4's on the school run & dashing across the pedestrian crossings Boris is going to phase against them.

On Saturday night another kid was stabbed to death not half a mile from my home that's what he should be sorting out rather than prattling on about the England football team of which he knows nothing in a column he shouldn't be writing.

After the train wreck of his Today programme interview you would have thought that it would have dawned on him that running LDN needs attention to detail no some lase fair it will be alright on the night attitude; I can wing it; someone else will sort it I don't do detail attitude he appears to adopting now.

Remember Lady T used scare the pants of her Ministers by being better informed of the detail on their depts that they were, that's what Boris needs a bit more of that attitude me thinks.

Charles

The brutal truth is that we're not talking about deficiencies at the foot end of the body. Teamwork needs finking skils.

Adam McNestrie

I don’t like this recurrent argument that swirls around tennis. Apparently the LTA is willing to offer a great, big sinecure to any halfway decent sixteen year-old thereby delivering to them exactly what it is that they ought to be striving to get through their tennis. The answer to Britain’s lack of sporting success is to introduce an austere Spartan regime of wooden beads, worn-out trainers and unheated houses to make the promised land of material success seem that much sweeter by contrast.

This seems like a commonsense nonsense to me. For one thing, it implies that the driving motivation of the sportsman is the desire for a certain lifestyle.

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Ann

Numberplate, take a chill pill. All this shouting is bad for your blood pressure.

Sir Buffy de Vere Spoofington

Boris is exactly right on this. Cracking idea. All it needs is a catchy title. How about "Strength Through Joy"? And we could make the children who refuse to conform wear little stars. That'll shew the blighters, eh?

THX1138

Ann- Actually that was quite a calm rant but I admit it does read back a bit shouty, now your rants are always a tour de force & pleasure.

Water

We need a Labour vs Tory 5 aside I'd like to see how Boris fares.

Nicholas

Sir Buffy: Sshh! You'll be giving Herr Braun ideas for another comeback.

Travis Bickle

The sad thing about all this is that if as many of our children were being brought in true poverty as Mr Brown announces in his weekly Tractor Production Figures then we'd actually see the sort of top sporting figures emerge as we do in countries where there really is child poverty. That is their motivation to make something of their lives, meanwhile we have stopped bringing up our youngsters to believe that it is OK to be a winner, for fear of labelling others as losers. Similarily generations are now being raised knowing full well they need never do an honest day's work in their entire lives, cruelty by "kindness" indeed.

jim aldridge

As much I like Boris I wish he'd stick to politics.

Fergus Pickering

Why shouldn't Boris say what he likes?

jim aldridge

I never said he shouldn't say what he likes; I just prefer it when he sticks to politics. Also he is in a position of influence now, saying what he likes may land him in a spot of trouble (a tiny bit of constraint is sometimes advisable).