While Prime Minister, he channelled National Lottery money into sport, thereby avoiding a repetition of Britain’s humiliation at the 1996 Games.
We need to focus on developing our brightest and most talented people, in a range of different fields, from a young age.
‘Nothing unites the United Kingdom quite like this quadrennial extravaganza of sporting excellence.’
The only institutions I can think of that retain the term ‘British’ are the BBC and the British Army – and, in Scotland, its Twitter handle is @ArmyScotland.
There are clear challenges to the idea that all whites are privileged. The Government’s report must stick to the facts.
He names his favourite carol, pledges an independent inquiry into anti-Muslim hatred within the Tory Party, and says his record explains why he can be trusted.
Representing a council ward with an army barracks, I am delighted with Jeremy’s support for properly funded armed forces.
There has been a tendency to suppose that because Britain’s power has declined in relative terms they must have become totally useless.
Davies faces an overflowing in-tray, but DCMS does not have the power to address many of the biggest challenges facing the sector.
His deployment of a suicide bomber metaphor in a Mail on Sunday piece today looks like a carefully-crafted distraction exercise.
We need to allocate funds from the Sports Premium and the Sugar Tax to open up school sports facilities and playing fields.
The former Chairman of the Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee relates how they collaborated to win support for Britain’s Olympic bid.
It isn’t right that a national broadcaster brands opposition to controversial views ‘hate’, and blocks them on social media.