These Politicians Totally Failed At Sporting Events

Tony Blair Don’t Just Stand There and Stare

In 1997, British Prime Minister Tony Blair attempted to promote convergence between Scotland and England through the sport of soccer. Once again, here is one of those events where a politician tries to connect with the people. As Blair would put it, he was “obsessed” with this idea to become culturally aligned with Scotland. “I know it sounds a bit strange but I was for a time quite obsessed with the idea that, for example, for football we should be opening up the English league and the Scottish league and having them together because I always thought we should be looking at ways of making sure that people felt a connection. ” He felt the connection alright. Just take a look at him.

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