The New Statesman are constantly trying to paint Dave as too posh for football and completely ignorant of the beautiful game. Today they have even gone so far as to claim that this video isn’t of him. Guido calls them on this unfounded smear:

Given that the chap next to Dave in the video bears a remarkable similarity to the former Tory treasurer Jonathan Marland, now a peer, it seems certain to Guido that it really is Dave.  Throw in the emerging bald spot and it would seem the Staggers are yet again making it up for political purposes. Nice try.

Given the extent of the lobbying job Dave is undertaking in Zurich it seems pretty likely that the PM is nowadays a genuine England fan. After his Blairesque speech to FIFA England have gone favourite at the bookies...