England has finally found a way to banish all the 'years of hurt'. It’s called women’s football and the Lionesses | Ava Vidal
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Thousands Gather in London to Celebrate Women's Euro Win
Above: English fans fill The Mall at the national women's soccer team's victory parade on July 29, 2025, in London. Image copyright: Carl Court/Getty Images
The Spin
Left narrative
There's no way to overstate the importance of this win — and in particular for the nation's women. For so long, The U.K. has chased glory through men's sports teams and treated women's sports with disdain. With three major finals in a row and back-to-back Euro wins, the Lionesses achieved what the men's team still can only dream of.
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The nation is proud of the Lionesses, and the Lionesses are proud to be English. That would be a normal thing in any other country in the world — not in England, where people expressing Englishness and displaying national symbols are all too often labeled as far-right agitators. May the Lionesses' victory restore common sense and let traditional patriotism flourish again.