Blain’s Morning Porridge June 12th, 2026 – Let the Games Begin – Love the World Cup“And we’ll really shake em up when we win the World Cup!”What’s not to like about the World Cup? Forget the noise, forget the rancour – and celebrate the greatest festival of visceral tribal sport on the planet. Life is not about the money in your wallet, or the price of your stocks – but the laughs you laugh, the sighs you sigh when the penalty is missed, the cheers that cheer when the goal is scored, and the memories in the treasury of your heart!Let the Games begin! How will it go?Even though I am not the world’s most dedicated Football fan, I have greatly enjoyed the World Cup. Not so much the Footie which can be a tad boring to my mind – but the whole atmosphere around the beautiful game. Give me any pub in London when England is playing… and there is nothing quite like it. I will blare out Sweet Caroline with the worst of them!When I first started thinking about penning a Morning Porridge about the World Cup, my first thoughts were to write a tirade about Trump playing Bread and Circuses – anything to distract American Voters for the mire of the Iran war, inflation rising 75% (2.8% to 4.2%) since the start of the war, and the ongoing whiff of something rotten around connections to Epstein. (There is a superb article in the NYT this week: Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files.) It is juicy, oh so juicy – but do not let it distract you from the Footie.But, watching the lead up to the opening game last night… No. It was just too good. I will not do a hatchet job on the World Cup. Infantino and Trump will get what they deserve. What the World deserves is a fantastic celebration of Football and everything that goes with it.You can read the Morning Porridge by subscribing on ⁠www.morningporridge.com⁠, and have it delivered fresh to your inbox every morning!

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