as the author of Braveheart said "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story"
why would we not give up Britain? loose all the work shy scots and their welfare cheques and that covers off the lost revenue from the Brent oil fields. As for Wales and Northern Ireland, apart from good training grounds for our troops, they don't really offer a great deal do they.
I don't think anyone would deny there is lots of positives of putting forward a British football team for the 2012 olympics, but it just won;t happen. The different Football Associations are just a bunch of set in their ways old men who would all want to run it.
anyway, Ryan Giggs will be too old so there is no point having a British team as far as I can see, we may well just call it England