In 2012 Britain should demonstrate to the rest of the world how multicultural we are by taking the most colourful performances of all our ethnic minorities and putting on spectacular displays of them, Chinese dragons, West Indian carnival etc. As for representing England we should choose our more spectacular dances like the Rapper and perhaps Molly Dancing. If the piping was good enough for Beijing then we can also use that to much better effect. Even solid representations of the many different pipes of the British Isles.

As for morris,as an old codger and ex morris dancer/musician, I say NO to teams of old codgers dibbing or waving the hankies, but yes to youngsters doing spectacular solo jigs and some energetic stick bashing.