'Caddy' Keir slices golden opportunity

AS OPPORTUNITIES go, it's right up there with Paul Gascoigne in extra time of the Euro 96 semifinal against Germany at Wembley, and England not managing to see off India last month at the 4th test at Old Trafford.

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Fittingly, it was at another great British sporting venue where this missed golden opportunity was highlighted in all its ineptitude.

To anyone who voted for Brexit, or was even persuaded to give it a go after the biggest democratic mandate this nation has ever seen, how galling must it have been to see European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen racing across the Channel to attend the court of US President Donald Trump at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

Remember the utter disdain shown towards Theresa May which, at times, bordered on downright rudeness as the other European leaders moved into a tight huddle to freeze out the then-British PM?

How different it was this time, with Trump toying with the EU and leaving them breathing with relief over a deal that, in truth, leaves them well and truly bunkered!