Seegee:
I thought as host Britain qualified for everything automatically.
No, that's in competitions like the international football competitions. There are so many Olympic events, that for the hosts to qualify for everything would be grossly unfair and would inevitably involve some horrible mismatches in obscure events they were no good at.
We can, of course, start a campaign for spanking to be an Olympic sport. It's more sporting than synchronised swimming. Now there's a thought - synchronised spanking?