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27 July 2011, 09:53 PM
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helping to cripple an already fragile economy
same as the commonwealth games up here
total joke and effectivley bankrupted council, costing many jobs at the same time
what a great idea
same as the commonwealth games up here
total joke and effectivley bankrupted council, costing many jobs at the same time
what a great idea
27 July 2011, 10:00 PM
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27 July 2011, 10:12 PM
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It's Hollyrood syndrome. Only governments can get budgets so wrong for building stuff.
27 July 2011, 11:34 PM
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My biggest problem with the Olympics is the location. If it was based in the midlands I would be a lot happier, that way the whole of the country would find it easier to get to. Maybe people in Scotland and the north would give a toss then.
Cant feggin stand the olympics and Sebastian Coe.
Cant feggin stand the olympics and Sebastian Coe.
28 July 2011, 10:10 AM
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and then it started falling down inside?
and there 1/4 million pound table that they "really" needed - fckin w*nkers!
28 July 2011, 10:16 AM
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Even if it is finished it's totally pointless anyway. How far would that money have gone in hospitals or to the police?
28 July 2011, 10:21 AM
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Lord (FFS) Coe said on BBC news yesterday that there were 12500 people working on the project 20% of whom them local. I would imagine the rest of them are eastern europeans..
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28 July 2011, 11:54 AM
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I have nothing against the Olympics, I think it does a lot of good to promote harmony in the world.
I do however object to the apparent need for each country to try to better the countries which went before it by spending vast sums of money on opening and closing ceremonies as well as on brand new facilities, many of which will be seriously underused after the event.
We only need respectable venues to hold the events, not the expensive "look at me" edifices which have been constructed.
Les
I do however object to the apparent need for each country to try to better the countries which went before it by spending vast sums of money on opening and closing ceremonies as well as on brand new facilities, many of which will be seriously underused after the event.
We only need respectable venues to hold the events, not the expensive "look at me" edifices which have been constructed.
Les
28 July 2011, 11:59 AM
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Sad really the muppets who put the bid together forgot to factor in the bleedin' obvious - VAT, land prices rises and price rises in such things as steel, building materials, etc - who would have thought...
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28 July 2011, 01:34 PM
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I have nothing against the Olympics, I think it does a lot of good to promote harmony in the world.
I do however object to the apparent need for each country to try to better the countries which went before it by spending vast sums of money on opening and closing ceremonies as well as on brand new facilities, many of which will be seriously underused after the event.
We only need respectable venues to hold the events, not the expensive "look at me" edifices which have been constructed.
Les
I do however object to the apparent need for each country to try to better the countries which went before it by spending vast sums of money on opening and closing ceremonies as well as on brand new facilities, many of which will be seriously underused after the event.
We only need respectable venues to hold the events, not the expensive "look at me" edifices which have been constructed.
Les
its just the ludicrous way the peole in charge see fit to waste insanley vast amounts of public money on it , esp so in a time when so so so many people are loosing jobs, facing lifechanging times and most will see absolutley no benfit from it. its effictlvey giving averge joe a lower standard of living.