london 2012

[BUSHWHACKER]

the rest of the world still thinks the UK can still organise something. Hope we prove them right.

As long as the Governments are'nt involved!

[BUSHWHACKER]

I think its good. I'm gonna go bid on a burger van on e-bay!
ahem..

New shed?

[Chillitt]

it will be once i've sold it!

[pops]

by 2012 half of london will be under water.....
and the benefits to us in the real world outside london is not hearing them bleat about public transport 'my train was 5 minutes late, its intolerable..blah blah' and not having to sit up half the night to find out we didnt win something...

by 2012 half of london will be under water.....JUST LIKE YOUR SHED WAS HEY

[exmee46]

God - now Blair will never stand down.

Kev

[Gizmo]

Sorry, but I was hoping some other country would get it!


1. Costs too much to put together a proposal

2. Costs too much to host

3. IOC Commitee Memebers are bribed! with gifts that conform to their guidelines

3. Short term gains for the local community - a plus yes, but what will happen after the games? the government and olympic commitee won't give a damn - just look at the Wok!...sorry the dome as an example

Idea..are they going to be using the Wok, sorry Dome for something at last

4. Lottery money being used for other causes than it was initially setup for [Millenium Commission, Sports Council, Art and crappy art at that - anyone can produce a Tracey Emmit et al and don't builders lay bricks on top of each other on-site??]

5. The Olympics is now about Corporation Sponsorships and not as original started - Amateurs

Bah - humbug!!


Just think of where the millions of money can go [Hospitals, Schools, Infrastructure - roads, canals, rail].

[laser_jock99]

Deep joy...
expect increases of:

Taxes,
:

Well let's do the math then....

£12 Billion was the cost quoted for The Games on tonights news. Also stated was that on last four Olympic Games the host nation was always nearly 3x over budget- making around £36 Billion by 2012. That's about £600 each for every man, woman & child in the population. Put another way that's £3600 for each TAX PAYER or enough to run the NHS for more than a year!

Tis time for our 12-14 year olds to START TRAINING!!! I hope we win a few golds- each medal will be worth a little bit more than gold this time round......

The only plus point is at least we got one over the French! But I'd rather not pay £3600 for that though.

Nevillef

[Nick V]

God - now Blair will never stand down.

Kev

Unfortunately that's the bad side of this However, the up side of this is we got a big one over the Frogs!!!

Cheers, Nick

[da SLUG man]

you big !!!!ing bunch of grizzlers!... i remember when this site was realy good fun and not full of a load of whiney old noggins talking politics!


something good happens to britain and you can only see the negative side!


!!!!!!s!

[Chillitt]

now i am really anti- just seen tony banks on telly defending it. he is now lord stratford...funny that...

[Mrs Jotto]

Well I think it's !!!!!! BRILLIANT.

We haven't had the olympics in this country since 1948. It should be something to be proud of. It will bring revenue into this country and regenerate a large part of East London.

IT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AND WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD.

[da SLUG man]

tut tut!

damn that non functioning swear-o-meter!!.... can you edit the quote and i'll edit me post!

... cheers!

[da SLUG man]

the only bad thing is that it's not "Britain 2012"... it's not exactly a big country... either that or move london to a more central location!

[kitesurf_phil]

I withdraw all that I posted about the "power surge" on the underground. It looks like the UK has had its own 911. Too much damage and too widespread to be an electrical fault.

[laser_jock@work]

Well I think it's !!!!!! BRILLIANT. (snip)
It will bring revenue into this country .

No- it will just divert tax payers money to line a few peoples pockets (look at the Wembley stadium fiasco).

Sorry to put a downer on it all with my cynicism.

Nevillef