Boris' Brainless Gaffe Will Fire Up Dragons
Daily Mirror|June 12, 2021
Boris Johnson’s gaffe when he wished luck to England, Scotland “and, er, all the home nations who may be playing” at the Euros will generate even more fire in the dragon’s belly.
Robbie Savage
Boris' Brainless Gaffe Will Fire Up Dragons
The word you were looking for, Prime Minister, is Wales.

Little old Wales – the country who reached the semi-finals of the last Euros in 2016, when England got knocked out by Iceland and Scotland weren’t even there.

Does that ring any bells? As Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he should not make the Welsh feel like second-class citizens or forget them like a wedding anniversary.

Manager Rob Page and the players are aware of Mr Johnson’s disappointing answer at Prime Minister’s Questions.

As a nation we would love it, absolutely love it, if Wales went on another run at this tournament.

And in a way, it might help Page’s team if people underestimate them and they fly under the radar again.

Five years ago, nobody gave Wales a chance of reaching the last four and look what happened.

This story is from the June 12, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.

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