The first British performance was a Radio 3 broadcast on April 10, 1971.

The loss of three such talented horses has caused concerns over British performances at the home Olympics.

While the two teams played an evenly matched game until the British performance, particularly in defense, dropped off towards the later stages.

Nevertheless, it will be argued below that the nature and form of economic reconstruction had a powerful, long-term influence on British economic performance.

As had been noted, however, growth in the world market was a more important cause of the success than improvement in British competitive performance.

Yet any comparison of British and foreign economic performance over the period since 1945 is soon brought up against the effects of different institutional forms.

It was a very British and utterly unconvincing performance.

Understanding Decline: perceptions and realities of British economic performance (joint editor, 1997).

The British performance, he says, was "frankly lacklustre".

Robson stressed that the British performances on day one was not a "disaster".