It is what’s in your heart that matters, not what is on your lapel

“I don’t even know who the prime minister is any more. I haven’t got a clue,” said Gareth Bale last month, adding, hopefully with knowing self-parody: “I follow the golf, that’s about it. I can tell you who’s No 1 in the world.”

How is this possible? You would have to actively try to not know who the British PM is.