posted Mar 17, 2008

As the BBC will only show its usual coverage of the olympics,(track, field,swimming, and movement to music) idon't think many people will care mate.

Time to show some sports the MAJORITY of the country like.......

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posted Mar 17, 2008

More lip service in my opinion, what exactly is being done for the athletes who have to spend £10k of their own money each year? Don't talk about increasing budgets, those measures rarely find the most needy places, its just a gimmick so the govt looks like it is on top of the situation.

Its a good job they aren't grading the progress to building the stadia, that would be firmly stuck on red, have they even designed the stadium yet? Or decided what sort of roof to put on the swimming pool?

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posted Mar 17, 2008

There is only one sport in my opinion that this country has a chance of dominating and thats boxing, clearly the second best amatuer boxing country now behind Cuba, and that will show in Beijing.

As for the other sports, I couldn't care much. I don't trust the results of athletics any more and feel sorry for the majority of athletes who dont cheat.

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posted Mar 17, 2008

jmb, just thought I'd let you know construction on the stadium will begin in about May, 3 months ahead of schedule. No-ones mentioned it actually, but I suppose "Olympic Preparations go Jolly Well" isn't really the sort of headlines people are after...

I know there are problems with the London 2012 preparations, like all cities experience. But all in all, their actually right on track to deliver on time. You just wouldn't know it from the ill-informed bitter cynacism in the press.

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posted Mar 17, 2008

Nonsense re them "being on track".

Budget shooting up hugely and whole thing looks like costing us taxpayers enormous sums to the detriment of many good causes having their lottery funding cut, just to boost the ego of a few folk.

It's not cycnicism - cant believe press haven't been more vocal.

Obscence waste of our money.

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posted Mar 19, 2008

Obscene waste or not, 2012 is done deal and will happen no matter what the cost. It is politically unacceptable to pull out now.
That shooting has a red light is hardly surprising. This sport covers a range of disciplines that are only just starting to work out how to function together, and the Olympic disciplines represent a minority within a minority sport. It is sheer hypocrisy to criticise the inadequate facilities in the UK and then allow LOCOG to blow £25 million to build and then demolish the entire Olympic shooting venue. The problem is that £25 million is such a tiny fraction of the LOCOG budget they simply cannot be bothered to spend it wisely and well. That money could create world class GB shooters and UK facilites but the fact is that nobody except shooters cares that it will be wasted creating a two week spectacle.

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posted Mar 20, 2008

Might not be politically possible to pull out but although it may be seen as regrettable politics and sport do come together.

Our ongoing behaviour in Iraq (now Afghanistan too) may well lead to many countries refusing to come to London Olympics unless our appalling record of torture, killing civilians, carpet bombing, allowing rendition flights and generally supporting the Yanks changes.

Britain has a nerve complaining about China !!!

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posted Mar 20, 2008

Sport and politics are opposite sides of a coin. Sport is concerned with sacrifice, courage, perseverance, honesty and competition. Politics is avarice, cowardice, expediency, deceit and dirty dealing. Just as there are cheating sportsmen on the flip side of the coin, so there are honourable politicians on the other.
With regards to 2012, if it suits the political agenda at the time, then governments will require their sportsmen to boycott the games, but if a political aim is achieved by their attendance they will argue that "politics should be kept out of sport" and will not support a boycott even if Britain has become a totalitarian state.

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posted Mar 26, 2008

The 2012 Olympics were never about sport, it was about funding regeneration projects without creating public outrage at the unfair allocation of funds to one small area of the country. Therefore it is no surprise that grassroots sport is suffering, elite athletes are struggling to get funding and worst of all, after the Olympics are over we will have NO new state of the art sporting facilities or stadia, just a load of luxury apartments that Coe and his cronies will no doubt make a mint on!

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posted Sep 19, 2008

"No Village" No Olympics its seems the contractors have limited ability to raise the cash-with a sliding residential values which could be sliding for next 2-3yrs in London,the chances are slim.
However we have the answer-its a modular housing system ,and the end of the games we are not talking rich buyer but visit overseas students,young couples,creative people,and mixture of affordable hotel rooms.
One one what the current panel a major architects will do -expect very expensive housing and no market,let alone finding the labour to build them--so we build in a factory no impacted by weather or site restrictions,assemble by semi skilled people which we can train.
How is this for a plan-and our offer is sustainable as the housing is demountable,the presence will look great in the creative city concept.

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