Downing Street draped in England flags ahead of Argentina semi-final

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend his final scheduled Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament (Image: Yui Mok)

DOWNING Street has been decked out in countless England flags ahead of the country's World Cup semi-final against Argentina.

In decor seemingly inspired by the interiors of the Bristol Bar, St George's Crosses have been flown from the windows and balconies in a less-than subtle display.

The showing could prompt Scotland fans to question why a similar scene wasn't put on for our historic return to the tournament in June ... but we all know the answer to that already.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend his final scheduled Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament (Image: Yui Mok)

Downing Street is not, and never has been, representative of the UK nations. It is representative of England.

Even incoming prime minister Andy Burnham's "Number 10 North" gives that away, despite his apparent desire to chart a different course than previous leaders ...

It comes after some folks have been treating tonight's match in a decisively not-normal way.

Commentators have been bringing up the Falklands War and suggesting this game could actually have an impact on the islands' ownership.

PMQs was filled with nonsense questions about football. And before that, the Scottish Secretary saw fit to instruct us all to get behind England.

Forget all the chatter about the Scots "politicising" the Beautiful Game. All the politicising we've seen today have been coming from south of the Border ...