How many times have you heard English people spouting anti French, German, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, American ad infinitum prejudice based on national stereotyping and/or the fact that we may well have once had a conflict with any one of a number of countries?
Certain gutter tabloids exploit this and national pride turns ugly. That, mixed with the need to go abroad and treat the place like we own it conspires to make the situation worse.
I feel ashamed to be of the same nationality as these mindless pricks that feel the need to show their patriotism by behaving like thugs. Maybe if we did get thrown out the competition the idiot element will learn to show proper respect when abroad?