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I hesitate to post in a controvertial thread that's not related to swinging, but this is the biggest waste of taxpayers money to happen in East London since the millennium dome.
£112 million wasted on an highly speculative bid that we are likely to lose, for an event that would probably have happened anyway just 2 hours away in Paris if we hadn't split the European vote.
London desperately needs money spent on improving it's transport system, yet Ken Livingston is promising £100 of taxpayers money for each and every person in London will be wasted cramming the place with tourists for a few weeks and building a load of facilities that will only be used once, not to mention tearing down half of East London in the process.
The whole thing makes me sick.
£112 million wasted on an highly speculative bid that we are likely to lose, for an event that would probably have happened anyway just 2 hours away in Paris if we hadn't split the European vote.
London desperately needs money spent on improving it's transport system, yet Ken Livingston is promising £100 of taxpayers money for each and every person in London will be wasted cramming the place with tourists for a few weeks and building a load of facilities that will only be used once, not to mention tearing down half of East London in the process.
The whole thing makes me sick.
Quote by Mister_Discreet
I hesitate to post in a controvertial thread that's not related to swinging, but this is the biggest waste of taxpayers money to happen in East London since the millennium dome.
The whole thing makes me sick.
I agree but for different reasons.
London and the South has had far too much spent on it.!! The games should be held up north and to do that the goverment needs to invest far more up here, there by allowing Manchester or another major Northern city to put in a viable bid.
Depravation is far worse up here than down South!! A reasonable working infrastructure is our first need.
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I hesitate to post in a controvertial thread that's not related to swinging, but this is the biggest waste of taxpayers money to happen in East London since the millennium dome.
The whole thing makes me sick.
I agree but for different reasons.
London and the South has had far too much spent on it.!! The games should be held up north and to do that the goverment needs to invest far more up here, there by allowing Manchester or another major Northern city to put in a viable bid.
Depravation is far worse up here than down South!! A reasonable working infrastructure is our first need.
Hmmm, well the last comparable event in the UK was the Commonwealth Games - in Manchester. Can't think of anything in London in living memory (well mine anyway) apart from Euro 96 which was just the one sport
Whilst I have my own view of this bid I doubt if texting to the number of logging on at the website will have much sway on the IOC - the people who actually make the decision. You can bet your bottom dollar all the other cities bidding are doing the same rallying of the people.
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Hmmm, well the last comparable event in the UK was the Commonwealth Games - in Manchester.
I was just thinking about Manchester, why not use the facilities from the Commonwealth Games or are they not up to Olympic Standards??
Wonder why they weren't considered.
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Hmmm, well the last comparable event in the UK was the Commonwealth Games - in Manchester.
I was just thinking about Manchester, why not use the facilities from the Commonwealth Games or are they not up to Olympic Standards??
Wonder why they weren't considered.
Well if they arnt up to standard, why not make them so?
The South gets far too much public money spent on it
Sex God
Quote by foxylady 123
Hmmm, well the last comparable event in the UK was the Commonwealth Games - in Manchester.
I was just thinking about Manchester, why not use the facilities from the Commonwealth Games or are they not up to Olympic Standards??
Wonder why they weren't considered.
Well if they arnt up to standard, why not make them so?
The South gets far too much public money spent on it
Personally, id rather see the money spent on the NHS anyway.
Sex God
I think Paris deserves it far more than London.
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Hmmm, well the last comparable event in the UK was the Commonwealth Games - in Manchester.
I was just thinking about Manchester, why not use the facilities from the Commonwealth Games or are they not up to Olympic Standards??
Wonder why they weren't considered.
Well if they arnt up to standard, why not make them so?
The South gets far too much public money spent on it
Personally, id rather see the money spent on the NHS anyway.
No, it won't be. It's a different pot of money and can't be vyred to another pot!! The government is actually doing a load of good by spending a ton of money on sport (in England) and on sport in schools via lotads of different initiatives like the SCCo, PESCAL etc etc. All good stuff.
As for the elite stuff - I'm more of fan of the foundation sport. No-one can realise their sporting potential unless they are taught and the identified!
Enough from me.... but it's my second specialist subject!!
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Sex God
You know what , no matter what you find to spend the money on , someone will think theres something better to spend it on . The decision has been made about the bid , so having done that we should back it and get the best we can from it , I wouldnt mind watching some Olympic sport in the capital so why not get behind it . A little national pride to water down the cloying political correctness cynicism and left wing rhetoric in this town wouldnt go amiss one ickle bit .
Sex God
Did you know that the city of Montreal is still paying for the 1976 Olympics?
Two things have recently demonstrated that London does not yet have what it takes organisationally to stage the Games:
1. The Millennium Dome: This project was a transport nightmare despite being only one site and having a tiny fraction of the number of daily visitors that we could expect at an Olympic games. It lasted a whole year, and by the end of that year we still hadn't got it right, so how we expect to get millions of people to and from multiple venues across the city seems like wishful thinking to me.
2. The Formula One demonstration: This was intended to showcase London as a city capable of hosting a major sporting event. It was a total disaster from the points of view of the transport system, the police, the ambulance service, and the fire brigade have said that if there had been a fire during the event, they would not have been able to get to it.
I for one am not backing the bid because I don't believe London can either afford it or make a decent job of it.
The other reason I don't want it on my doorstep is because London is a fairly easy target as it is. With millions of extra people in town and emergency services unable to cope, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel for terrorists.
I say give the Games to Paris. Not because I think they can make a better job of it, but simply because I don't like them. :twisted:
Two things have recently demonstrated that London does not yet have what it takes organisationally to stage the Games:
1. The Millennium Dome: This project was a transport nightmare despite being only one site and having a tiny fraction of the number of daily visitors that we could expect at an Olympic games. It lasted a whole year, and by the end of that year we still hadn't got it right, so how we expect to get millions of people to and from multiple venues across the city seems like wishful thinking to me.
2. The Formula One demonstration: This was intended to showcase London as a city capable of hosting a major sporting event. It was a total disaster from the points of view of the transport system, the police, the ambulance service, and the fire brigade have said that if there had been a fire during the event, they would not have been able to get to it.
I for one am not backing the bid because I don't believe London can either afford it or make a decent job of it.
The other reason I don't want it on my doorstep is because London is a fairly easy target as it is. With millions of extra people in town and emergency services unable to cope, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel for terrorists.
I say give the Games to Paris. Not because I think they can make a better job of it, but simply because I don't like them. :twisted:
i'm not saying this cause i'm a brummie.
but the best location for it would be near the NEC site... spitting distance from the airport, railways and a major Motorway network... plus the fact its the centre.
but as like every thing.... its gotta be in london!.... remember the up roar when crufts moved to the midlands!
Jiggle
but the best location for it would be near the NEC site... spitting distance from the airport, railways and a major Motorway network... plus the fact its the centre.
but as like every thing.... its gotta be in london!.... remember the up roar when crufts moved to the midlands!
Jiggle
Sex God
Yeah Ok its all true . Lets just run the country down , theres nothing positive about it . Lets all list as many things we cant do as we can possibly think of , as many disaster scenarios as are feasible , and as many possible disasterous outcomes . Lets not bother to ever take on any challenges for fear we wont do them perfectly . Lets forget all the positives and all the great achievements of our countrymen and relax into a lazy unproductive pool of our own negativity and apathy . Lets do what we do best and act cool about our innability to do anything and then when weve done all of that , lets move to some sand blown isolated hill in Spain and live in a mud and spit villa work twenty hours a day in a bar for minimum wage and talk about how much better it is than England . When weve finished doing all that lets complain about England going to the dogs and sit around and wonder why ?
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the aim was to make ur country proud
we can come across millions of reasons why we should not get it
but then are we making ourselves proud..
i am in the country for a short stay and i dont think i iwll be here in 2010 to watch those games as i will be sitting back in africa but
when i know london did win the bid i would feel proud just coz i voted for it
thanking the city where i live
so reason being good or bad once the country has decided to bid lets just back it up
we can come across millions of reasons why we should not get it
but then are we making ourselves proud..
i am in the country for a short stay and i dont think i iwll be here in 2010 to watch those games as i will be sitting back in africa but
when i know london did win the bid i would feel proud just coz i voted for it
thanking the city where i live
so reason being good or bad once the country has decided to bid lets just back it up
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i'm not saying this cause i'm a brummie.
but the best location for it would be near the NEC site... spitting distance from the airport, railways and a major Motorway network... plus the fact its the centre.
but as like every thing.... its gotta be in london!.... remember the up roar when crufts moved to the midlands!
Jiggle
Crufts went to the Midalnds? And there was I thinking it was the other way round and Birmingham had gone to the dogs
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i'm not saying this cause i'm a brummie.
but the best location for it would be near the NEC site... spitting distance from the airport, railways and a major Motorway network... plus the fact its the centre.
but as like every thing.... its gotta be in london!.... remember the up roar when crufts moved to the midlands!
Jiggle
Crufts went to the Midalnds? And there was I thinking it was the other way round and Birmingham had gone to the dogs
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major Motorway network...
Jiggle
you mean that massive round carpark? :twisted:
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the aim was to make ur country proud
we can come across millions of reasons why we should not get it
but then are we making ourselves proud..
i am in the country for a short stay and i dont think i iwll be here in 2010 to watch those games as i will be sitting back in africa but
when i know london did win the bid i would feel proud just coz i voted for it
thanking the city where i live
so reason being good or bad once the country has decided to bid lets just back it up
Olympics or no Olympics, what makes me proud is that people visiting the country want whats best for it - as above. Cheers Azappo
Sex God
Quote by Mister_Discreet
I hesitate to post in a controvertial thread that's not related to swinging, but this is the biggest waste of taxpayers money to happen in East London since the millennium dome.
£112 million wasted on an highly speculative bid that we are likely to lose, for an event that would probably have happened anyway just 2 hours away in Paris if we hadn't split the European vote.
London desperately needs money spent on improving it's transport system, yet Ken Livingston is promising £100 of taxpayers money for each and every person in London will be wasted cramming the place with tourists for a few weeks and building a load of facilities that will only be used once, not to mention tearing down half of East London in the process.
The whole thing makes me sick.
I DON'T back the bid for the same reasons ... waste of good money that should be spent sorting out the sub 3rd world underground system we have to suffer on a daily basis. They go on about there not being any money to sort out our transport, national health, council tax ... then magic up all these millions/billions!!!
Orgasminator
London is already overpriced and having the Olympics hosted would push the prices up more. This would be good for some people but for others, who are struggling to make ends meet on a daily basis, it would be disastrous as they would be pushed out of their accommodation by greedy landlords to house spectators to the Games.
At the recent Games held in Athens, most of the population had moved out of town as there were so many traffic restrictions that it was mayhem for the locals. And the years leading up to the Games were problematic too and very costly!
What makes us think that London transport will be able to cope with hordes of visitors pouring in when it cannot cope with basic rush hour traffic?
At the recent Games held in Athens, most of the population had moved out of town as there were so many traffic restrictions that it was mayhem for the locals. And the years leading up to the Games were problematic too and very costly!
What makes us think that London transport will be able to cope with hordes of visitors pouring in when it cannot cope with basic rush hour traffic?
:thumbup:I’m not bothered either way about the Olympics.
However, if we decide that we want it, it should be given to us automatically. In 1948 it was decided that they should be held in Europe – we were the only ones who could do it, even thought we were skint, and did it we did.
Step aside the French!
However, if we decide that we want it, it should be given to us automatically. In 1948 it was decided that they should be held in Europe – we were the only ones who could do it, even thought we were skint, and did it we did.
Step aside the French!
I say you can can stick the games to the French,
First of all thank you Mr Livingstone for offering my friends and relatives the opportunity to think if they want you to spend £100 of their money each on this white elephant - nice bit of consultation -secondly, talking of white elephants how much ofthat dosh is going towards that one in Greenwich? Just a thought. Finally ( or perhaps not ) when are you going to have a word with your mate - the tosser in no. 10 - seeing as he has thrown his support behind it how much is he going to rip out of my pocket ( along with everyone else ) and how long will he do that?
The games are like Eurovision - a source of great national pride but not much practical use and pretty farkin' costly - except everyone from Shetland to Scilley will be paying for a few years after.
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First of all thank you Mr Livingstone for offering my friends and relatives the opportunity to think if they want you to spend £100 of their money each on this white elephant - nice bit of consultation -secondly, talking of white elephants how much ofthat dosh is going towards that one in Greenwich? Just a thought. Finally ( or perhaps not ) when are you going to have a word with your mate - the tosser in no. 10 - seeing as he has thrown his support behind it how much is he going to rip out of my pocket ( along with everyone else ) and how long will he do that?
The games are like Eurovision - a source of great national pride but not much practical use and pretty farkin' costly - except everyone from Shetland to Scilley will be paying for a few years after.
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First... to all those who say why not have the olympics in another city other than London... The IOC ain't interested... If it's going to be in England, it's London or nowhere. However, there would be a legacy all over the country, because facilities would be needed for both our athletes, and foreign teams, to train.
Second... Sport is chronically underfunded in this country. If we put more into the sporting infrastructure, it might save a helluva lot of cash on the NHS, give far more kids something worthwhile and healthy to do, and make this country a better place to live. The Games would give a MASSIVE boost to sport - both grass roots and elite.
Third... it isn't true to say that after the Games, all the buildings would be demolished. One of the strengths of the London bid, is that there would be a fantastic sporting legacy for this country.
The Olympic Games is the most fantastic event on this planet, and it would be brilliant for it to come to Britain. Come on folks - BACK IT! :)
First... to all those who say why not have the olympics in another city other than London... The IOC ain't interested... If it's going to be in England, it's London or nowhere. However, there would be a legacy all over the country, because facilities would be needed for both our athletes, and foreign teams, to train.
Second... Sport is chronically underfunded in this country. If we put more into the sporting infrastructure, it might save a helluva lot of cash on the NHS, give far more kids something worthwhile and healthy to do, and make this country a better place to live. The Games would give a MASSIVE boost to sport - both grass roots and elite.
Third... it isn't true to say that after the Games, all the buildings would be demolished. One of the strengths of the London bid, is that there would be a fantastic sporting legacy for this country.
The Olympic Games is the most fantastic event on this planet, and it would be brilliant for it to come to Britain. Come on folks - BACK IT! :)
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I hesitate to post in a controvertial thread that's not related to swinging, but this is the biggest waste of taxpayers money to happen in East London since the millennium dome.
The whole thing makes me sick.
I agree but for different reasons.
London and the South has had far too much spent on it.!! The games should be held up north and to do that the goverment needs to invest far more up here, there by allowing Manchester or another major Northern city to put in a viable bid.
Depravation is far worse up here than down South!! A reasonable working infrastructure is our first need.
I don't know what planet you're on. But London and South East SUBSIDIZES the poorer parts of UK notably Northern England and Scotland. London and SE gets far less of their taxes back in Government spending, than any other region of the UK. Go and research it for yourself!
The transformation of Manchester from a run-down post-Industrial city on the decline and bombed by the IRA, to what it is now is because of excessive Government spending( i.e. Southern and London taxpayers) on to rejuvenate Manchester. I suggest you ditch your petty parochial Anti-London bigotry and jealousy. London is the driving force of the UK economy
Personally I hope London gets the Olympics, but I reckon Paris will win it. Its been 1924 since the last time Paris held the Olympics, whereas London hosted the Olympics in 1948.
