What's going wrong?

Growing up in the UK I have got used to the glorious failure school of sporting endeavour.

We turn up, give it a good try and lose. By rights Chris Hoy should set off at blinding pace, and give a moving interview to the beeb about how disappointing it was when his wheel came off on the final lap. The rowers should sink, and Rebecca Adlington would have got cramp.

Somewhere along the way we seem to have started winning things though, and this is thoroughly un-British.

Then I read todays papers and all became clear. It's all John Major's fault for setting up the lottery. Whoever thought he would still be to blame all these years on.

It just goes to show, traditions aren't always good.