Rampant illiteracy, lethal drivers, pigs' ears washed down with Mateus Rose ... and Portugal calls us ridiculous!

The Daily Mail (London, England) | June 24, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: LEO MCKINSTRY

The hosts of Euro 2004 try belittling the British as the 40,000-strong red THEY'RE supposed to be our oldest allies.

But yesterday, in the run- up to tonight's crunch Euro 2004 match, the Portuguese gave the English a vicious kicking.

One newspaper devoted a whole page to slagging us off, under the headline: 'How it's ridiculous to be English: The saddest moments in the life of a poor Brit.' The article in 24 Horas said: 'They eat eggs and sausages for breakfast, drive on the left, play baseball with an oar, set times for ...

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