England may have lost but it gave us a sense of unity our political leaders have failed to do

Image: Marcus Rashford and Gareth Southgate after England's semi-final against Croatia. Rights: PA Images/Aaron Chown

The England football squad may have lost to Croatia last Wednesday night but our country won anyway. We won something bigger than a game: a sense of pride and connection we hadn’t felt for a long time.

I know this sounds corny as hell – but bear with me because I know you felt it too.