Players stress importance of unity and describe how war affects their preparations for the tournament
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This is an England I can support
PHILOSOPHY Football have a T-shirt reminding people that England’s only success at a major tournament, the World Cup win in 1966, was won under a Labour government.
Should you be reading this column this morning and England defeated Italy last night, then England’s success no longer happens under a Labour government — it also happens under the power of the Tories.
However, keen observers — and Morning Star editor Ben Chacko is one is one of them — will remind people that both of England’s success, be it the World Cup and the European Championships, happened outside of the European Union.
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