2009
22
Apr
The hapless Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell, is quoted in the Financial Times talking about future “tests” for proving the viability of a city wishing to host the Olympics:”The test for the Olympics is no longer just about being on time and on budget, …
2009
6
Mar
The hapless and hopeless Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell, and LOCOG have something of a fight on their hands wrt their plans to use Greenwich Park for the 2012 equestrian events.A campaign, No to Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (NOGOE), has been se…
2009
20
Feb
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has publicly backed Tess Jowell, the beleagured minister for the 2012 Olympic Games, in the face of the four and a half year conviction of her estranged husband for accepting a $600K bribe from Italian leader Silvio Berl…
2009
16
Feb
Is the Olympics sexist?
Tessa Jowell seems to think so. The Olympics minister has raised the spectre of “gender discrepancies” at the 2012 games in London, specifically the fact that men will compete in 164 events, compared with 124 for women. Perhaps predictably, the Daily Mail has already made a sneery reference to “the equality [...]
2009
12
Feb
It transpires that the long suffering British taxpayer will be footing the bill for the 2012 Olympics stadium for years to come after the games, to the tune of £800K per annum.For why?No commercial operator is prepared to takeover the site after the g…
2009
6
Feb
Despite the fact that we are now facing the worst recession for decades, the costs of the 2012 Olympics are defying normal economic laws during a recession and are continuing to rise.The Telegraph reports that the cost of venues have risen by £97M in …
2008
16
Dec
Tessa Jowell referred to the Olympics 2012 as being a “shot in the arm”, whilst appearing on BBC Two’s Daily Politics programme, at a time when Britain is expected to go into recession. She noted:”But, as it turns out, facing a recession deeper than an…
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…
2008
4
Dec
The hapless and hopeless Tessa Jowell has put her put into again, by lecturing so called “junk food” sponsors of the Olympics 2012.Jowell, who spoke at a local government conference, said that companies such as Coca-Cola, Cadbury and McDonald’s “need t…
2008
2
Dec
ZaNu Labour would still have us believe that the 2012 London Olympics (currently budgeted to cost us £12BN, including £2BN running costs) will produce tangible benefits for the ordinary people of Britain (not just those executives involved in the IOC…