David's Daft Delusions.

One of David Cameron’s less ingenious attempts to cash in on the London 2012 Olympics factor was to promise that he will establish a lasting legacy. And how does he propose to do this? By making the playing of competitive sport mandatory on all British schoolchildren. It seems he’s missing the point as usual, the point being:

Children who are naturally competitive will play competitive sport anyway, given the opportunity. Children who aren’t naturally competitive won’t be made so by forcing them to engage in activities that run counter to their natures. They’ll just shy away from the tackles, dodge the cricket balls, and get stressed every time there’s a sports period imminent. Cameron doesn’t really think that uncompetitive children will be carved into future champions, does he? Champions are born, not made. Britain is a modern, West European country, not ancient Sparta. If you really want to create a nation of warriors, you have to change the whole culture, not just tinker with the education curriculum.

Meanwhile, Cameron’s government has incurred substantial criticism recently for being overly enthusiastic about the selling off of school playing fields to property developers. If you didn’t laugh at the ineptitude of David’s government, you’d go round the bend, wouldn’t you?

And he didn’t manage to cash in on the London 2012 factor after all. His popularity rating remains as low as it was before the whole thing started. Seems the British aren’t as easily fooled as he thought they would be.