The Olympic Thing

You know, I keep hearing these interviews with people involved in the London 2012 Olympic Bid saying how important it is to have the support of the residents of the candidate city as part of the bid process. Apparently, in the last few months, support among London's population has grown beyond any expectations, and there's now a real sense that the whole city is united behind this effort.

If this is indeed the case, and not just bid team hyperbole, then the inevitable question to ask those supportive residents is:

ARE YOU ALL MAD?????

Posted on July 4, 2005 05:10 PM

not last time I checked ... why do you ask?

Posted by Mike on July 5, 2005 10:22 AM

Because it would be a nightmare, and you know it. London can barely manage to get an ordinary infrastructure project completed on time and budget, never mind one that would involve so many disparate elements (and simultaneously remove effort and resources from those ordinary projects).

With as much works as needs doing just to keep London running on an everyday basis, the last thing the city needs is all of the attention being focused on a new project that will ultimately only add to the burden on the overall service framework.

Posted by Jon on July 5, 2005 01:08 PM

I prefer the optimistic pov of it actually working out, and delivering on its promise. But the French'll probably get it, and then we can just pop across the channel to watch it all ;-)

Posted by Mike on July 6, 2005 10:28 AM

Hahahahahahaha! ;-)

Posted by chris on July 6, 2005 12:51 PM

well roger me with a barge pole, who'd have thought it!?!?

let's hope you're wrong Jon! ;-)

Posted by Mike on July 6, 2005 01:13 PM

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