I am only partly Swiss but last night I was very proud to support the Swiss team in a memorable 1-1 victory* over Brazil in the football World Cup!
A tiny country with less than 1/20th of Brazil’s population, yet FIFA ranked 6th in the world and able to stand up to tournament favourites. In Swiss culture, quality, community and excellence are a way of life.
Tonight I will be waving another red and white crossed flag, to proudly support the England team…
*Someone recently told me they had hesitated to contact me as they thought language might be a problem – foreign sounding company name, foreign sounding surname. I can understand their concern. I might split the odd infinitive but do have an English degree and sub-edited at The Times newspaper as a student (where the grammar advice was “read Jane Austen”).