England Rules (And Swings)

It’s love, actually: patriotic PM puts Britain back on top of the world | The Times:

 David Cameron launched an impassioned and poetic defence of Britain’s achievements yesterday after claims that a Russian official belittled the UK as a “small island” with no influence.

In a recitation of British achievements that drew praise even from his most rebellious backbenchers, the Prime Minister said that the world had Britain to thank for the abolition of slavery, many of its best inventions and almost every sport worth playing...