The Daily Mirror believes that Team GB is fully capable of clinching a record haul, provided the vandals who tried to disrupt the Olympic Games this week don’t steal focus
Do not let thugs win
The arsonists who sabotaged France’s high-speed rail network ahead of the Olympics must not be allowed to disrupt the greatest show on Earth.
The vandals, whether criminals or agents in the pay of a hostile state such as Russia, have underlined the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. But the spirit of competitors, organisers and the public will overcome. Fresh outrages from saboteurs may be a real danger but let us focus on the sport.
After last night’s opening ceremony on the Seine, Paris 2024 promises to be a sporting spectacular. For those of us watching on TV, the hour’s time difference with France means we won’t need to get up in the middle of the night to watch the competitions, a great bonus for armchair athletes.
And Team GB’s hopes of a record medal haul seem achievable – if the vandals pack it in. So let the Games commence to give us two weeks of thrills, followed by more excitement at the end of August and early September at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Losers’ legacy
Nobody believed Conservative spending, tax and borrowing plans at the recent election, probably not even Rishi Sunak. So now totting up the cost of the poison pills left by the losing Tories is a sensible strategy for the Labour government.
Iron Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to put a figure of around £20billion on the black hole she has inherited. Improving working families’ standard of living while simultaneously reviving ailing public services will be a Herculean task. So if taxes do have to go up, protecting working families means the highest earners and wealthiest must pay their fair share.
Leading lady
Peggy is certainly no looker but the part-pug with a role in Ryan Reynolds’ latest Deadpool film is lapping up the attention.
A dog’s life doesn’t seem too bad if it means Hollywood stars end up kissing you.