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White van man and his buddy taxi boy show us how patriotic they are by mounting the George Cross on their cars and supporting the football boys. Let's stop and think about that for a moment. These are the characters who accelerate hard, speed when they can get away with it and whinge about traffic-calming measures. They make parents anxious to let their children walk to school or play in the street. Children become lethargic and obese, just when we need to be training fit, athletic children for the London Olympics.