Maybe he is a visionary, a modern Matthew Arnold. I must look for the positives. I’ve still got that Olympics high. All those lovely role models like Mo and Jesso and Wiggo and Nicola! They’ll surely inspire a generation of fat tots to morph into slender Olympians. I’m suddenly a believer in legacies, promises and even Big Societies – in the new patriotism.
Let’s go! Let’s harness this high and cancel wars and bombs and deficits and build hospitals and fabulous state schools with whizzo sport facilities? Can’t we seize the moment, while Britain is still an Isle of Wonder?
Surely no-one could kill this sunburst mood? It would take real talent, a world-class clot, to take the bloom off this high.
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