Commonwealth Games swimming gold winner Adam Peaty ’s dig at the Tories as sports facilities shut in their droves puts a high-profile voice to fears that future generations will be denied his greatness.
England’s winning goal scorer Chloe Kelly and her triumphant team mates express a similar sentiment in calls for their Wembley glory to inspire more girls to play football.
Without pools, pitches and coaches, and every school encouraging every boy and girl to stretch their ability, the Tories will repeat the failure of the London 2012 Olympic Games to create a true sporting legacy.
The warning signs are now there again when the amount of money per pupil spent on education is worth less now than when the Conservatives took power in 2010.
Rates badly
Raising interest rates to cool inflation could be a cure as bad as the illness.
Soaring borrowing costs will crucify millions of people with big debts and mortgages, creating yet more misery and a fresh cost-of-living crisis.
We are all about to pay a high price for the economic blunders of a Conservative UK Government burdening Britain with lower growth, worse productivity and steeper inflation than our major rivals.
Brexit, Covid and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are all factors alongside 12 years of mistakes in Downing Street by first David Cameron followed by Theresa May then Boris Johnson and next Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak.
For an economic fresh start we need an immediate General Election.
A Vard pass
Effectively branded a liar by a judge, Rebekah Vardy isn’t so much digging a deeper hole as sitting in the cab of a JCB and burying what’s left of her reputation.
Protesting her innocence after losing a £3million Wagatha Christie court battle she picked against Coleen Rooney suggests this WAG can’t stop scoring own goals.
