10 SEPTEMBER 2005, Page 22

Tempting fate

From Eric Brown

Bromley, Kent

Sir: What possessed Mike Atherton to write an article predicting an England victory (‘Triumph of the Poms’, 3 September)? And why on earth have the England and Wales Cricket Board already booked Trafalgar Square for a victory parade to celebrate winning back the Ashes? Haven’t they heard of tempting fate?

Should we lose, we shall at least be able to console ourselves by not seeing our egregious Prime Minister capitalising on the occasion. Eric Brown