Friday, January 16, 2004

OLYMPICS IN LONDON

Quick straw poll in the office found 5 to 4 in favour of holding the Olympics in London. Hardly a ringing endorsement, but hardly scientific.

Personally, I'm against as I would rather see the money spent on more urgent priorities for the capital, like improvements in transport, schools and a very large monument to "Sir" Ken Livingstone. (Or, more widely, ensure that our brave boys can get the body armour they need to shove democracy down the throats of Arabs. ((C) Kilroy, 1936))

Despite the bollocks spread about by the BOA, DCMS et al, study after study shows that the construction of sports facilities stimulates the local economy to a limited degree and is more likely to divert economic activity than increase it.

:: Posted by pete @ 13:30