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.