By: Lincoln 7 - 26th January 2012 at 21:51
It’s warming up 😉 I wonder which Company has recieved the largest “Backhander” by Cammeron and Clegg, Oh, I wonder if Boris has had a say in things?, or should I say hand.
Obviously, I am only taking the “P” as none of the aformentioned would ever dream of such underhanded things:diablo:
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: John Green - 26th January 2012 at 21:32
#9
Arthur. Looks like you’re in a minority of one – so far !
John Green
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th January 2012 at 21:08
Just lining Cameron and Cleggs pockets, well trousered boys
By: Al - 26th January 2012 at 21:00
It’s just another way of regenerating parts of London at the expense of everyone else in the UK…
By: Arthur Pewtey - 26th January 2012 at 20:45
@Arthur Pewtey
I think my generation have much bigger problems left over by the previous generation than lack of inspiration for sport 😎
Er.. you were the one that wanted free sports facilities.
Mr. Green. I think you’ve posted in the wrong thread or at least joining in a different “discussion” than everyone else.
Maybe the Olympic motto should be “Britain – taking moaning to the next level”
By: John Green - 26th January 2012 at 20:41
Edward Gibbon: “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”.
‘Bread & Circuses’
‘Smoke & Mirrors’
Just like the Arts – triumph of style over substsnce.
John Green
By: ppp - 26th January 2012 at 18:13
@Arthur Pewtey
I think my generation have much bigger problems left over by the previous generation than lack of inspiration for sport 😎
By: Bob - 26th January 2012 at 17:10
Sport is in itself pointless. It has no value and life could carry on without it. It would also be that little bit less interesting and a bit duller so sit back and enjoy the spectacle.
Not all sport – civil servants have snapped up 400 tickets to the womens beach volleyball games!!!! Twice as many tickets as other events?…..
By: Arthur Pewtey - 26th January 2012 at 15:11
Do you not think that the Olympics may inspire a generation to take up some sport or other?
Then again maybe you’re right. Maybe we should carry on with what is a gold medal sport for the UK. i.e. bitching and moaning- we are after all the world’s best.
By: ppp - 26th January 2012 at 14:40
@Arthur Pewtey
I don’t see how it shows what the UK is capable of… There’s just not much to be done that is a demonstration of something useful. The only significant one is the stadium ect, but there are already examples of those in the UK.
Sport is fine, but British funding for it needs to be focused on the majority of the population, not events to show how great some 5 stone runner from Kenya is. How about making more gyms and swimming pools available to the public for next to nothing to be run by local councils?
By: Arthur Pewtey - 26th January 2012 at 14:31
According to wiki it has been going since 1997. The bid was first shown to the government in 2000. They were awarded to London in 2005.
Why not be positive about it? Use it as an excuse to show what the UK is capable of. It has the potential to generate a huge amount of money and publicity for the UK and we should try and make the most of the opportunity.
Sport is in itself pointless. It has no value and life could carry on without it. It would also be that little bit less interesting and a bit duller so sit back and enjoy the spectacle.
By: inkworm - 26th January 2012 at 14:00
Bit late to change our minds now. Any idea when the bid to host the games was first initiated, sure it was when things weren’t quite as bad as they are now.
Most cities that host the games do so at a loss and can’t really say I’m all that bothered by it.
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