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UK PM Boris Johnson call with Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga.
Downing St:
“The Prime Minister expressed his support for the Tokyo Olympics, and noted Japan’s efforts to ensure the Games can take place safely."
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Friday, May 28, 2021
Boris Backs The Olympics
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Olympics Legacy
West Ham United have until March 2013 to seal a deal for the Olympic Stadium after being selected as “first-ranked” bidder.
As to whether a deal is agreed remains to be seen, as some doubt West Ham's willingness to stump up a "fair price" for the stadium.
Boris Johnson displayed some public doubts, and applied some pressure yesterday. The Telegraph reports that that he said that he will pursue a “Plan B”, that does not involve football, if a deal cannot be struck.
It is ironic, is it not, that the taxpayer having spent millions on a state of the art athletics track the legacy will most likely be a football stadium that will earn the football club (not the taxpayer) millions?
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As to whether a deal is agreed remains to be seen, as some doubt West Ham's willingness to stump up a "fair price" for the stadium.
Boris Johnson displayed some public doubts, and applied some pressure yesterday. The Telegraph reports that that he said that he will pursue a “Plan B”, that does not involve football, if a deal cannot be struck.
It is ironic, is it not, that the taxpayer having spent millions on a state of the art athletics track the legacy will most likely be a football stadium that will earn the football club (not the taxpayer) millions?
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Boris Johnson Dances
The closing ceremony of the London Olympics went without a hitch last night.
A smorgasbord of British talent appeared including; the Spice Girls, the Who, George Michael, the Pet Shop Boys, Kate Moss, Eric idle and Madness etc.
I can't say the sound quality for Madness or the Pet Shop Boys was particularly good.
I was also a tad perplexed as to why Sebastian Coe and Jacques Rogge referred to "Your Majesty" in their closing speeches, given that the Queen was not actually in attendance.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Olympics Zil Lanes Deactivated
It seems that, quite rightly, those organising the London Olympics have realised that the Olympics Zil road lanes (designated for use only by Olympics VIPs) may not be so popular with the "working masses".
As such, Boris Johnson has just announced that some of the lanes have been turned off.
As per ITV :
However, as Christie Malry has just pointed out:
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As such, Boris Johnson has just announced that some of the lanes have been turned off.
As per ITV :
"London's mayor has said that "a lot" of the Olympic Games lanes have been "turned off". He was speaking on his way out of the daily COBRA meeting of security officials. There will be more details shortly.Quite right!
He added that even the head of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, has refused to use the lanes that are specially designated for Games officials and athletes."
However, as Christie Malry has just pointed out:
"Zil lanes exist solely to get officials to the Games quickly. Seatgate shows they're not going to the Games!"Quite so!
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Nelson Sports Olympics Hat
In honour of the London 2012 Olympics, and project Hatwalk, Lord Nelson is sporting a special Olympics hat this week until Friday.
As per the Evening Standard:
"In a dual celebration of the capital’s heritage and its world-beating milliners, 20 statues have had headwear specially created for them by 21 top designers, including Philip Treacy and Stephen Jones, as well as emerging ones.Certain other statues in London have also been given a temporary hat, the fill list can be seen in the Evening Standard.
The project, called Hatwalk, was sparked by Mayor Boris Johnson musing on how to encourage the public to look up and learn about the dozens of sculptures of famous figures in the capital."
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tube Workers Vote For Driverless Trains
In January I wrote the following:
"It seems that our downtrodden and hard working Tube drivers feel a tad hard done by wrt the offer made by London Underground of a £500 bonus for shift working during the Olympics.
The RMT has rejected the £500 bonus, saying that the money was not an adequate reward for being on duty during the event.
RMT general secretary comrade Bob Crow is quoted by the BBC:
" It is well-documented that transport will be the biggest logistical challenge throughout the Olympics period.
Given that the Tube drivers do not feel up to the job of doing what they are paid to do, the solution to this problem is simple; install driverless trains and remove the drivers altogether.
Problem solved!"
It appears that the RMT are in favour of driverless trains and, having rejected the £500 bribe offered to drivers to do their normal job during the London Olympics, will be balloting their members about strike action.
Boris Johnson is already promising driverless trains, as a means of finally putting paid to comrade Bob Crowe, the bete noir of the travelling public.
Comrade Crow is quoted in the Telegraph:
“RMT reiterates our stance that all grades of transport employees are entitled to a decent financial reward for their efforts transporting huge numbers of passengers during the Olympics and are entitled to take leave during the summer.
Working conditions and important agreements should not and need not be attacked in order to facilitate Olympic running.”
Driverless trains here we come!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Locog and The Cruel Engine of Disappointment
Locog continues to be given a well deserved public pillorying by those who are less than impressed with its lack of transparency over Olympic ticket sales.
The latest kicking comes from Boris Johnson. He has demanded greater transparency in the Olympic Games ticketing process, and has dubbed the ticket system run by Locog “the cruel engine of disappointment.”
Locog continue to refuse to publish details until the tickets have been sold, by which time of course the horse will have well and truly bolted!
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The latest kicking comes from Boris Johnson. He has demanded greater transparency in the Olympic Games ticketing process, and has dubbed the ticket system run by Locog “the cruel engine of disappointment.”
Locog continue to refuse to publish details until the tickets have been sold, by which time of course the horse will have well and truly bolted!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Boris Says "Go By Tube"
I am amused to read that Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, is urging Olympic chiefs to take the Tube during London 2012
Quote:
"To all members of the International Olympic Committee, I urge them to do the right thing - get on the Jubilee Line because they'll love it."
There is even a new website showing hotspots on London's underground system.
Great!
One small problem, has Boris not heard that Comrade Crow has rejected the £500 bribe offered to Tube workers for doing their normal job?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Boris Fails To Walk on Water
The Olympics has been used as an excuse and target for many politicians and organisations to push for their pet projects to be funded, completed and be publicised.
Sadly for Boris Johnson his plan for a £60M floating "River Park" (which should have been opened in time for the Olympics) has been blocked by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
The public park would have included eight linked
pavilions on pontoons, running along the north bank for more than half a
mile from the Millennium Bridge to the Tower of London, along with a lido and a new jetty for Thames ferry services.Sadly for Boris Johnson his plan for a £60M floating "River Park" (which should have been opened in time for the Olympics) has been blocked by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
The PLA believes that this would have created a navigation hazard, and as such the City of London Corporation are now reviewing the scheme.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Establishment Weighs In
I see that the establishment is weighing in to the furore over the allegations about "secret" cash payments made to a member of the Olympic Park legacy Committee by West Ham.
The establishment doesn't want the row to delay plans for the stadium
Well, of course it doesn't!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
The establishment doesn't want the row to delay plans for the stadium
Well, of course it doesn't!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
250,000 Miss Out On Olympic Tickets
Those of you who applied for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, but who failed to get any (estimated by the Telegraph at being around 250,000) may take some comfort in the fact that neither Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) nor Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport appear to have been allocated any either.
However, it is quite likely that these two gentlemen will be able to attend the games; as the government has applied for 9,000 tickets (for VIPs and civil servants) and local authorities have also been allowed to buy tickets (outwith the ballot, using taxpayers' money)
Did Locog not tell these queue jumpers that the daft ticket ballot procedure that they designed was meant to be fair?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
However, it is quite likely that these two gentlemen will be able to attend the games; as the government has applied for 9,000 tickets (for VIPs and civil servants) and local authorities have also been allowed to buy tickets (outwith the ballot, using taxpayers' money)
Did Locog not tell these queue jumpers that the daft ticket ballot procedure that they designed was meant to be fair?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Money Up Front
The London organising committee (Locog) continues to defend its ticket allocation and payment process (described by Boris Johnson as "a bit peculiar").
It has begun to deduct money from applicants' bank accounts. However, it may be as late as 24 June before those charged know what tickets they have been allocated.
Why do it in this manner?
Locog have provided the answer to the Telegraph:
"It is really important..is our ability to nail our revenues from tickets."
As noted before on this site, the Olympics are about money not sport.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
It has begun to deduct money from applicants' bank accounts. However, it may be as late as 24 June before those charged know what tickets they have been allocated.
Why do it in this manner?
Locog have provided the answer to the Telegraph:
"It is really important..is our ability to nail our revenues from tickets."
As noted before on this site, the Olympics are about money not sport.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Spurs Fights On
In February West Ham won the approval of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) for taking over the Olympic stadium after the 2012 games.
However, Tottenham Hotspur their rivals for the stadium were not happy and last month launched an application for a judicial review into Newham Council's role in arranging a £40M loan to finance West Ham's move to the stadium.
The Telegraph reports that Spurs have taken further action and have asked the High Court to start a separate judicial review into the roles of several other key parties involved in awarding West Ham the stadium.
A Tottenham statement read:
"The club has today sought permission from the High Court to bring a claim against the Olympic Park Legacy Company Limited, the Mayor of London, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for judicial review of a series of decisions made by them to appoint a joint bid by the London Borough of Newham and West Ham United Football Club as preferred bidder in a competition for the lease of the Olympic Stadium.
As previously reported, the club continues to hold discussions with both local and national government bodies in order to seek to agree a feasible stadium solution."
Sour grapes, or is this equivalent to the FIFA scandal now developing?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
However, Tottenham Hotspur their rivals for the stadium were not happy and last month launched an application for a judicial review into Newham Council's role in arranging a £40M loan to finance West Ham's move to the stadium.
The Telegraph reports that Spurs have taken further action and have asked the High Court to start a separate judicial review into the roles of several other key parties involved in awarding West Ham the stadium.
A Tottenham statement read:
"The club has today sought permission from the High Court to bring a claim against the Olympic Park Legacy Company Limited, the Mayor of London, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for judicial review of a series of decisions made by them to appoint a joint bid by the London Borough of Newham and West Ham United Football Club as preferred bidder in a competition for the lease of the Olympic Stadium.
As previously reported, the club continues to hold discussions with both local and national government bodies in order to seek to agree a feasible stadium solution."
Sour grapes, or is this equivalent to the FIFA scandal now developing?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Green Olympics?
Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, has been warned that the increase in traffic (as a result of the London Olympics in 2012) will breach pollution limits.
The result?
London will be fined £300M by the EU!
Now worries, just add that to the Olympic "budget"!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
The result?
London will be fined £300M by the EU!
Now worries, just add that to the Olympic "budget"!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
It's Hammer Time
It would seem that the increasingly vitriolic and acrimonious battle between Spurs and West Ham, for control of the Olympic stadium post 2012 Olympics, has been resolved.
West Ham United are expected to be recommended as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium on Friday, when the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) will meet.
Seemingly Spurs' plans to rip up the athletics track, thus denying any form of athletics legacy as promised in the original bid for the games, was a step too far.
Once OPLC ratify the bid, it will then pass to London mayor Boris Johnson and government ministers Jeremy Hunt and Eric Pickles for final approval.
As to whether a combined track and football stadium is actually economically viable, only time will tell. Once the economic success/failure of the Hammers' legacy is actually known, those who have made the decisions and backed the bid will have long since moved on.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
West Ham United are expected to be recommended as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium on Friday, when the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) will meet.
Seemingly Spurs' plans to rip up the athletics track, thus denying any form of athletics legacy as promised in the original bid for the games, was a step too far.
Once OPLC ratify the bid, it will then pass to London mayor Boris Johnson and government ministers Jeremy Hunt and Eric Pickles for final approval.
As to whether a combined track and football stadium is actually economically viable, only time will tell. Once the economic success/failure of the Hammers' legacy is actually known, those who have made the decisions and backed the bid will have long since moved on.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Boris Nixes Blatter
I was highly amused to read that Boris Johnson has withdrawn the offer of a free stay in the Dorchester hotel for Sepp Blatter, and assorted cronies from FIFA, for the 2012 Olympics.
A money saving exercise, or retribution for the FIFA vote?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
A money saving exercise, or retribution for the FIFA vote?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Boris Urges Commonsense
It is refreshing to see at least one politician displaying some commonsense, wrt the London 2012 Olympics.
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has called for the marathon and triathlon events to be held at the weekend, in order to minimise the disruption to the transport network.
At last, a politician has the guts to admit (albeit indirectly) that London's transport network is shite and that the slightest extra pressure on it will cause meltdown.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are not happy with Boris's proposals, and want the events held during the week.
Evidently the IOC is used to travelling first class away from the "hoi polloi" and has never had to endure the tube, train or bus system in London during rush hour.
Can someone tell me why we want these games in London?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has called for the marathon and triathlon events to be held at the weekend, in order to minimise the disruption to the transport network.
At last, a politician has the guts to admit (albeit indirectly) that London's transport network is shite and that the slightest extra pressure on it will cause meltdown.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are not happy with Boris's proposals, and want the events held during the week.
Evidently the IOC is used to travelling first class away from the "hoi polloi" and has never had to endure the tube, train or bus system in London during rush hour.
Can someone tell me why we want these games in London?
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Boris's Massive Erection - Cloud Cuckoo Land
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) for a cloud of inflatable plastic bubbles that would float above London's skyline.
The MIT architects are quoted in This is London:
"It proposes an entirely new form of observation deck, high above the Olympics — one from which one can not only see the whole of London, but the whole of the world, immersed in the euphoric gusts of weather and world data.
It offers London's highest park and an immersion within both our great clouded skies and the cosmos of our dataworlds — as well as a live information system transmitting data and imagery from around the city and the world."
'Nuff said!
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The MIT architects are quoted in This is London:
"It proposes an entirely new form of observation deck, high above the Olympics — one from which one can not only see the whole of London, but the whole of the world, immersed in the euphoric gusts of weather and world data.
It offers London's highest park and an immersion within both our great clouded skies and the cosmos of our dataworlds — as well as a live information system transmitting data and imagery from around the city and the world."
'Nuff said!
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Olympics Now Costs £14BN
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 stated that the figure (even if costs don't rise) should be £12BN as there are around £2BN of running costs that need to be added in.
However, on top of this, the Telegraph notes that there are "hidden" costs being spent by other public bodies that amount to at least £2.7BN.
That brings the total cost of the Games (including £2BN running costs) to over £14BN.
My personal bet is that the costs will hit around £20BN by the time these games are held in 2012.
The hapless Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, told Parliament last year:
"I have made it absolutely clear to all the many stakeholders in the Olympics that £9.325 billion is the absolute limit of public money, whether it comes from the lottery, the London council taxpayer or the Exchequer."
LOL!
The London Olympics will turn out to be a white elephant of monumental proportions.
BTW, I did warn the Mayor of London (20 June 2008) about the budget:
"Boris
I will stake my reputation (such as it is) on the fact that the cost for the games will hit £20BN
http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/search?q=%C2%A320BN
Remember, on top of the current "budget" of £10BN there are £2BN running costs..you do know that don't you?
Good luck!
Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM"
Oddly enough, he never answered!
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The Telegraph reports that the oft reported budget figure of £9.325BN is in fact bollocks. Note, I have repeatedly stated that the figure (even if costs don't rise) should be £12BN as there are around £2BN of running costs that need to be added in.
However, on top of this, the Telegraph notes that there are "hidden" costs being spent by other public bodies that amount to at least £2.7BN.
That brings the total cost of the Games (including £2BN running costs) to over £14BN.
My personal bet is that the costs will hit around £20BN by the time these games are held in 2012.
The hapless Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, told Parliament last year:
"I have made it absolutely clear to all the many stakeholders in the Olympics that £9.325 billion is the absolute limit of public money, whether it comes from the lottery, the London council taxpayer or the Exchequer."
LOL!
The London Olympics will turn out to be a white elephant of monumental proportions.
BTW, I did warn the Mayor of London (20 June 2008) about the budget:
"Boris
I will stake my reputation (such as it is) on the fact that the cost for the games will hit £20BN
http://the2008olympics.blogspot.com/search?q=%C2%A320BN
Remember, on top of the current "budget" of £10BN there are £2BN running costs..you do know that don't you?
Good luck!
Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM"
Oddly enough, he never answered!
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Boris's Massive Erection
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) will be built at the Stratford Olympics site, and the £15M cost will be funded by Lakshmi Mittal the steel magnate.
At night "Boris's Erection" will be illuminated using power generated from solar panels.
Well, let's see how this goes then:)
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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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) will be built at the Stratford Olympics site, and the £15M cost will be funded by Lakshmi Mittal the steel magnate.
At night "Boris's Erection" will be illuminated using power generated from solar panels.
Well, let's see how this goes then:)
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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