Labour at odds over football plan

Apparently Gordon Brown's plan to micromanage British sport for the next four years is hitting trouble...

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Labour at odds over football plan

Labour at odds over football plan Mr Brown has been talking with football officials about his plan Acting Scottish Labour leader Cathy Jamieson has set out an alternative to the prime minister's plan for a British Olympic football team. Gordon Brown said he was "determined" to have a men's and a women's football team playing in London in 2012. There has been no UK Olympic team since 1960 partly because of fears it could jeopardise individual sides. Ms Jamieson suggested a home nations play-off, with the winner going forward to play as the British team. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said the plan was a "massive own goal".

...but I can't see what all the fuss is about personally. After all, the British Lions combined rugby team does not jeopardise the competitiveness of the various home nations' independent rugby international teams does it?

Mind you, if they do keep on tinkering with the sporting bodies themselves don't they stand a chance under IOC rules of getting the entire team GB banned from the next Olympics. Wouldn't that be somewhat embarrassing. On the other hand, if they ban us now, perhaps we can stop spending all that money on a hole in the ground in East London... :-)