Britain wins their first gold medal in the Paralympics....

.... thanks to someone who isn't from Great Britain.

God it gets confusing. But it just goes to prove how much more we can achieve when we are together. How many athletes has a separate Irish Paralympic Association sent forth to compete? Zilch. Nul. None. Absolutely nobody.

Congratulations Kelly for becoming GB's first Winter Paralympic Gold medallist.

One day she will also be our champion thanks to a decision we will make to re-join the UK.

 

We here at Better Back Together all congratulate Kelly Gallagher from Bangor Sandmash in CountDown on her extraordinary achievements on the White Caucasian mountains despite the fact that they are now rapidly turning green, we can only marvel at it. And someone else who is rapidly turning green - green with rage - is Alex Codd. And that's not just because he's gearing up for a great nationalist St Patrick's Day debacle! The sight of an Irish athlete singing God Save the Queen at full gusto, wearing Team GB colours, standing beneath the Union Jack must make him utterly cringe with disgust but ultimately fear as he realises that people throughout the separate Irish state are missing out on the great opportunity of winning a medal in downhill skiing.

St Patrick's Day is fast approaching but we mustn't let Alex Codd and his band of parochial nationalists from hijacking the occasion. We must urge them all to neutralise the vast sea of  tricolours with equally proud displays of Union Jack bunting across every street with a whole line of tables and benches stretching the whole length of the street serving ham sandwiches, sausages rolls, empire biscuits, orange squash and Earl Grey* tea possibly with the option of jam tomorrow on your sandwiches but always buttered together.

And if there has to be something alcoholic served with all that may I suggest a wonderful selection of our finest English sparkling wines fresh from the west country to prove just how much we love England and want to call their wine our wine.

Blair O'Dingle
Managing Director

Let's toast both St Patrick's Day and Team GB's success in style

 

 

 

*Due to our great respect for all British Prime Ministers past and present we always use capital letters in any reference to their names