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June 19, 2012 4:21 pm

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England’s football team need a draw tonight at Euro2012 to get through to the quarter finals. The country is (beginning to be) enthusiastic about the tournament. Yet when asked why British ministers are boycotting some games in the tournament and not others, Foreign Officer minister Jeremy Browne replied:

“I only observe that the only time that England have ever reached an international tournament final was when it was held in England. So these difficulties did not arise … history suggests that we are dealing in hypotheticals here.”

What is it about Jeremy’s and football? Stay positive eh?

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  • treborc1

    I notice when the flame was  brought to the UK  when China held it’s games, we said it should not have the Chinese secret service protecting it, we said it should not come here anyway, but politics being Politics  it was allowed.

    So now we are playing football people again use sport, sadly if I could walk or  get around I would be out watching England, disappointed Ireland did not go further and sad Wales is not again in the tournament.

    Whether leaders go or do not go sadly I could not care a dam.

  • derek

    Just watching the news there and Cameron has just given the Kiss of Death to the England team by suggesting an England and Germany final?
    And it gets a bit saucy! Cameron said he’ll be meeting with Merkel on the same day as the final and said there could be a bit banging on the table…Dirty man! and rather him than me…LoL!!!!!

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