I am glad Kevin Pietersen has gone.

On the whole I want all England sports teams to adopt the Yorkshire convention - you have to be born in England before you qualify.

Being English surely implies a broad loyalty to the English people.

And in a key moment of his career Kevin Pietersen was not loyal.  He removed himself from the English team and made 'phone calls to the foreign opposing team disaparaging his English team-mates.  Of course, he has since laughed this off, but some people do remember it.