Our heroic Lionesses have brought football home AGAIN with their gutsy Euros victory
THEY did it!
Our heroic Lionesses have brought football home. Again.
They put us through the emotional wringer, of course, but their task was never going to be easy.
What a gutsy triumph it was against a much-fancied Spanish team and who else bu t Chloe Kelly to score the winning penalty?
Gongs must surely follow for Sarina Wiegman and her team who have now been in three successive major tournament finals and won two of them. Back-to-back Euros Champions is an incredible achievement.
The England men who, after all, didn't do too badly under Sir Gareth Southgate, can only look on in envy.
On top of defending their Euros trophy, the Lionesses have also inspired the next generation of female footballers with their outstanding performances, grit, determination and skill.
You wouldn't bet against them winning the World Cup in two years' time.
Tackle the issue
Exchequer Secretary James Murray is the latest to admit protesters are 'right to feel frustrated'.
This after Sir Keir Starmer talked tough in May and Deputy PM Angela Rayner told Cabinet colleagues last week to address the public's 'real concerns'.
Migrant hotel protesters take to the streets again as demonstrations spread across the country in weekend stand-off
Starmer, of course, quickly U-turned on his 'island of strangers' comments and confessed he didn't agree with his scriptwriters' words.
Do Rayner and Murray really mean it either? If they did, their Government would not have dismissed the only credible deterrent to the small boats.
They are acknowledging the issue now because voter anger is worsening, with protests against migrant hotels spreading.
The protesters, overwhelmingly, are not right-wing firebrands the Government can dismiss as racist extremists.
These are ordinary householders worried about the threats to their communities and the safety of their children.
Meanwhile, the useless Home Office is setting up a police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant comments.
The Government trying to police opinions instead of tackling the issue would be dangerously misguided.
Losing bet
IF the Chancellor thinks she can get away with milking Britain's gamblers for the money she needs to fill a financial black hole, the odds don't look good.
Analysis shows a punitive tax on horserace betting would wipe £330million off the turf industry and put it into irreversible decline with nearly 3,000 jobs at risk.
Bosses warn it is the 'gravest risk to horseracing the sport has ever seen'.
The Government risks taking a punt where everyone loses.
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