Lee Anderson has officially confirmed to Guido that he will not watch the Euro 2020 final because he has “recently moved house and [has] lots of boxes to unpack”. He also plans to sort out his “new collection of soft furnishings”. Sounds totally legitimate. Anderson will likely be the only person not hungover on Monday morning...

Anderson has been boycotting the Euros over England player’s decision to collectively take the knee before every game. Instead of watching last night’s semi-final, Anderson went for dinner with a colleague and “had an early night”. C’mon Lee, don’t be so grumpy, just boycott the start or boo the telly for the few seconds they take the knee, if you want to. Do it for Engeeerlaand!…

UPDATE: Lee says he will continue his boycott of watching England during final however he’ll be “checking my phone for updates to see if they’ve scored and cheer if they have”

Pete Wishart, the leading SNP MP for Perth and North Perthshire, posted in support of Denmark over England just before last night’s barnstorming semi-final. Not a great night for him then…

In a Facebook post that has attracted over 500 likes, Wishart wrote:

“I just love Denmark. It was the first country outside Scotland that took Runrig to its heart and we’ve had #1 albums and a fantastic loyal audience. Play festivals and gigs from Skagen to Tonder and enjoyed myself far too much there. Only one team for me #DEN”. 

Guido wonders what excuse Wishart will concoct for supporting Italy in Sunday’s final…

Contrast this with the sentiments of the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, who wished England “good luck” just before the match:

Good luck to England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 tonight. Best team in tournament so far, we wish our neighbours well!! 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/y9TKxIFC5j

— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) July 7, 2021

Of course, there are 4 or 5 England players whose heritage means they could play for Ireland…

Political pundits and Westminster hacks (along with the rest of the country) eagerly watched England’s triumphant victory against rivals Germany in last night’s match. Guido has collected the best and worst political reactions.

• Enjoying the match from the stands Guido spotted, Sadiq Khan, Oliver Dowden, Dan Rosenfield, and David Lammy.
• Dowden proudly posted an instagram pic of himself celebrating alongside Prince William, George, and Kate Middleton.
• Boris Johnson took several staged photos with Carrie, featuring the pair enjoying football in the No. 10 offices. However, leaked videos from later in the night, show the PM almost jumping for joy when Kane scored England’s second goal, shouting “Harry Kane’s finally scored”. Boris actually recognised Harry Kane… 

Boris Johnson limbs when Kane scored. pic.twitter.com/4b8SepNo3J

— Away Days Videos (@AwayDaysVideos) June 29, 2021

• Nicola Sturgeon reluctantly congratulated England for their victorious win, tweeting: “still just one team unbeaten by England so far in Euro2020″. 

Congratulations, @England
(Still just one team unbeaten by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 so far in @EURO2020 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) June 29, 2021

• Angela Rayner couldn’t resist making a party political jibe, whilst everyone else was having fun watching the match. She tweeted “I’m genuinely worried Priti Patel would stop football at the border and try to deport it”. 

I’m genuinely worried Priti Patel would stop football at the border and try to deport it https://t.co/rTwckjmyj0

— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) June 29, 2021

Last night on Sky News, Isabel Oakeshott accused the Sky News of trying to start a “race row” with the worst take that goal scorer Raheem Sterling should have appeared on more front pages of newspapers. 

Having avoided a national row about the kneeling, could we not avoid a race row when everyone is celebrating?