There can be no doubt that today's politicians will use any opportunity to try to achieve political advantage. The latest example is the appalling way in which Andy Murray's Wimbledon triumph has been hijacked by these egregious creatures.
Throughout Sunday's final match, Alex Salmond could be seen clapping, seal-like, behind the equally excited figure of David Cameroon, though his clapping was more normal. At the very moment of Murray's triumph, the fanatical Salmond unfurled a Scottish saltire almost over Cameroon's head, despite such exhibitions having been specifically forbidden by the Wimbledon authorities. However, this was only the prelude to yesterday's lunacy.
Murray was invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street at which an assortment of political figures were present, although Salmond was inexplicably unable to be there due to 'diary commitments'. It's difficult to believe that this was anything other than a political manoeuvre by this maniacal Scot as he must have known when the Wimbledon final was, that it was quite likely that Murray would be involved and that he could well win; surely he would have ensured that he was available in the event of a triumphal political party being held. No doubt, he will have issued his own invitation for Murray to attend some form of gathering in Scotland, an invitation that Murray would be well advised to avoid at all cost, or else become little more than a pawn in the political shenanigans being perpetrated by Salmond and his pals.
However, the party was far from being the most ridiculous element of yesterday's proceedings. In recent years, it's become the norm for any sporting success to be leapt upon by political leaders as an opportunity to gain public kudos, to demonstrate to the plebs how like us they are and to show solidarity with us by applauding and rewarding our heroes. Consequently, we now have the lunacy of an ever increasing horde of sporting knights and dames; people who have been utterly self-obsessed and single-minded in the pursuit of gold medals and glory for themselves have been rewarded as if they had done their great deeds with only the good of the nation in mind. This madness reached new heights yesterday when Cameroon announced that, although it was not up to him, no one deserved a knighthood more than Murray; Cameroon, of course, knows very well that his views on such matters carry enormous weight.
No one can deny that Murray has worked tirelessly to scale the heights in his chosen sport of tennis. He has been totally single-minded in his determination to be the best player he could possibly be and, if possible, to win the Wimbledon title. In doing so, he has become very wealthy and will now become enormously rich, none of this success having anything to do with any desire to help the nation or his fellow citizens; in fact, he probably spends most of his time outside of Britain and I doubt that he gives his home country much thought other than when Wimbledon is on the Horizon. Indeed, what is his home country ? A few years ago, he was quoted as saying that he was not British or English, he was Scottish, and that he would support anyone who was playing against England in a sporting contest; his about-face on Sunday when he referred to a 'British' winner of Wimbledon was quite clearly a result of the hostile reaction to his earlier remarks.
Murray won Wimbledon for himself. He did not win it for the people or for any country. He did not win it as part of a fight against famine, poverty or global warming. For Cameroon to claim that he is deserving of a knighthood for this utterly selfish act is ludicrous and only provides more evidence for those who see the idiot Prime Minister as nothing more than a political opportunist who will do anything in the hope that it will gain him a few votes. How sad, how pathetic, and how this devalues the honours awarded in bygone times to people who genuinely deserved them.
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