Some on the left reject patriotism and veneration – but these are bone-deep human urges
The pedestal that the country has given the England football squad is not only understandable, but entirely justified.
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Most football fans – and most voters – support the England team taking the knee
Boris Johnson’s government is on the wrong side not only of football supporters but the public at large.
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The inclusive patriotism of Gareth Southgate’s team taught people like me how to be England fans
My south London friends and I, all of mixed backgrounds, had never felt comfortable watching England matches at the pub…
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The England team have exposed the lie of the government’s culture war
Boris Johnson and his cabinet present race and class as binary opposites but England’s footballers are as committed to tackling…
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We saw a new England during Euro 2020 – now we must stand up for it
We need to gather a bigger civic team behind the example Gareth Southgate and his players have set.
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England’s Euro 2020 defeat shouldn’t obscure the progress it has made
The iconic image of the final, from an English perspective, is surely the embrace that Gareth Southgate gave Bukayo Saka.
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England and Wales have the lowest number of public holidays in Europe
A snap bank holiday if England win the Euro 2020 final will still leave it far behind other countries.
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How the England football team has detoxified “Englishness“
Englishness is no longer an identity associated mainly with the radical right, but it shouldn't be left to the whims…
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