2009
12
Nov
Boris Johnson’s competition for building an Olympics tower (the £15M cost of which will be funded by Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate) have received a number of “interesting” entries, including one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
2009
9
Nov
It seems that my warnings about the costs of the Olympics being out of control, made repeatedly on this site, are proving to be correct.The Telegraph reports that the oft reported budget figure of £9.325BN is in fact bollocks. Note, I have repeatedly …
2009
26
Oct
Full marks to Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, for thinking big.He has plans for a massive erection, to be erected for the London 2012 Olympics, that will rival the Eiffel Tower.The 400ft tower (a cross between a Native American totem pole and a pylon) …
2009
2
Oct
I see that Boris Johnson is going into battle against the IOC et al, over plans to build a £40M temporary venue near the 02 in Greenwich.According to Adrian Warner of the BBC:”Expect plenty of rows on this for months yet. And also expect Johnson to di…
2009
18
Aug
Boris Johnson is trying to avert the expected massive influx of prostitutes into London in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.He wants mobile phone operators to target the phone numbers advertised on the thousands of sex calling cards that adorn London ph…
2009
13
Aug
Re my earlier article about claims by those who should know better that hardly ever rains in London:”Mayor of London Boris Johnson claimed it was dry 94% of the time.Olympic minister Tessa Jowell said: “In the unlikely event that, at some point it rain…
2009
27
Jul
Boris Johnson was right, when he proudly declared in Beijing that “ping pong is coming home”.Quarterly tracking figures from Sport England show that, of the 31 sports measured according to how many people played them at least once a week, only table te…
2009
10
Jul
Tessa Jowell has contradicted Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, over the legacy of the London Olympic Stadium.Johnson said last week that it would be “very foolish to rule out” retaining at least a 50,000 capacity as England bids to host the 2018 World C…
2008
22
Dec
London Mayor Boris Johnson has approached J Sainsbury Plc Chief Executive Officer Justin King about the possibility of King becoming Johnson’s main adviser on the London 2012 Olympics, the Financial Times reported, citing people close to the company.
King has not yet decided whether to accept the approach, the newspaper said, citing the people. The [...]
2008
11
Dec
David Ross, beleaguered ex director of the Carphone Warehouse, has quit all of his roles in the organisation of 2012 London Olympics. He emailed Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and London mayor Boris Johnson resigning his various positions. Olympic Meda…