2010
22
Jan
The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics (Locog) have demonstrated yet again that the games are more about money and sponsorship, rather than sport.Locog have allocated 60,000 tickets to a New Jersey company (JetSet Sports) for the overseas hospitali…
2010
21
Jan
It seems that all is not well in the London Development Agency (LDA), the body tasked with ensuring that there is some form of meaningful legacy from the 2012 London Olympics (aside from the burnished glow of politicians’ egos).The LDA auditors, audit …
2010
19
Jan
Newham Council and Olympics organisers have breathed a collective sigh of relief, as plans to build Britain’s biggest mosque in East London have collapsed.An Islamic missionary group, Tablighi Jamaat, wanted to build the so called “super mosque” (capab…
2010
18
Jan
Lord West (a Home Office Minister) has reassured a House of Lords sub committee that the London Olympics are safe from being hit by sewage travelling at “40 miles an hour”.I am at a loss to understand why sewage would suddenly shoot out onto the site. …
2010
12
Jan
The Telegraph reports that British Shooting has been advised by the government that if it wants a post 2012 legacy at Woolwich, it will have to pay £400K for the privilege.I wonder if that figure will be added to the Olympics budget, even if British S…
2010
11
Jan
Baroness Valentine, CEO of London First, has put the boot into Locog by referring to them as “stormtroopers” wrt the zealousness with which they protect the Olympic brand and its associated names eg “2012″, “London” etc.Baroness Valentine says that sma…
2010
4
Jan
Lord Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, is proposing a new law that would give police the right to search Olympic athletes’ rooms for performance-enhancing drugs.Whilst using performance enhancing drugs is outwith the rules of the O…
2009
11
Dec
It seems that the organisers of the London Olympics, with their enthusiasm for McDonald’s and Coke, have neglected to mention London’s largest fresh produce wholesale market (New Spitalfields Market) in food provision proposals. This is somewhat ironic…
2009
9
Dec
The organisers of the London Olympics, LOCOG, have achieved something of a coup in creating an apparent sea change in attitude amongst the residents of Greenwich wrt plans for using Greenwich Park to stage the equestrian events for the London 2012 Olym…
2009
8
Dec
London Olympics organisers have promised that food and drink at London’s Olympics will be British, “wherever possible”.However, 20% of that “Britishness” apparently includes products supplied by McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Cadbury.As Chief executive Paul…