I am amused to read that MPs and the mainstream media have finally woken up to the fact that the London Olympics "budget" is not £9.3BN (as is usually stated by politicians and the media) but in fact close to £12BN (as I have always stated).
For why?
There are £2.2BN running costs on top of the £9.3BN construction costs!
I have been warning about this accounting sleight of hand for many years, eg 2007:
"Adding further pressure to the already out of control London Olympics
budget (currently standing at £12BN, including £2BN running costs);
Tessa Jowell revealed that the bill for policing London and the United
Kingdom during the Games had soared from £200M, at the time of the 2005
bid, to a total of £1.2BN."
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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