Fergus Finlay: English about to see the consequences of their own self-delusion

After years of seeing their leaders exploit a national sense of entitlement, the people of Britain haven’t the faintest idea of what’s about to befall them, writes Fergus Finlay

British prime minister Boris Johnson taking part in a game of cricket during a visit to Ruislip High School in his constituency of Uxbridge, west London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Perhaps it’s racism on my part, or maybe just sour grapes, but I’m not a fan of English rugby. I’m especially not a fan of watching England play rugby on an English TV channel with a former English international as one of the commentators.

So it was with gritted teeth, I admit, that I tuned in to the final of the so-called Autumn Nations Cup between England and France on Sunday. If they were gritted before I sat down, I started grinding them through clenched jaws shortly before kick-off, as the statutory former English international (Dewi Morris on this occasion) declared that England had one hand on the trophy already.