Torch Security Guards take out cyclist

[Alun]

All in all for tourism the whole Olympic charade has been a disaster!

With 18 days to go before it even starts, that statement may be a little premature!

 

[MacB]

All in all for tourism the whole Olympic charade has been a disaster!

all in all if you gave me the Olympic budget to spend on creating jobs and boosting economic activity I reckon I could have done a whole lot more. I could even have thrown in plenty of grassroots sporting initiatives. Sadly I couldn't have afforded to lay on a corporate binge fest as well, but can't have everything eh?

 

[Alun]

Think you're missing my point. The money would be spent whatever, it's just concetrated in fewer places.

With tourists coming in from other countries, that money (assuming it is spent whatever) might otherwise be spent abroad. Not that any of my hard earned will be squandered on olympic related mechandise.

 

[edindave]

The whole torch thing is stupidly overhyped.

Can you over-hype hype? Surely the torch is the hype - for the games. That's why it exists... to hype up the games. A lot of people turn out to see it.

The kid wasn't hurt (or at least I haven't heard he was). Maybe his removal from the 'bubble' was a bit OTT, but a lot of adrenaline and excitement surrounds the whole thing. If the security chap had eyes in the back of his head he might have acted differently.

Worse things happen.

 

[Trickedem]

Just been watching the TDF highlights. What a difference. On some of the climbs the spectators are only leaving a tiny gap for the riders. I think the whole security thing is massively overhyped. What is the worst a kid on Bmx could do, touch the torch?

 

[subaqua]

Yes, the weight of taxis drivers coming from Heathrow has even cracked the M4 bridge.

FTFY

cant wait to see the torch coming along Ruckholt road , past all the households that had £1k just given to them to tart up the exteriors, when the cultural olympiad is having lip service paid .

still it will be great for a traffic nightmare now that stratford gyratory is fecked due to the games lane to angel lane being operational as of today.

 

[ufkacbln]

With 18 days to go before it even starts, that statement may be a little premature!

Not necessarily. With no tickets available and restricted viewing otherwise there is no passing trade or opportunistic late bargain holidays likely in the area those rooms empty now will most likely stay empty.

The only possible latecomers will be those buying the discounted "offers" from the travel agencies as they desparately try and shifth the overpriced ticket / hotel packages that have also failed to shift

Thomas Cook are already offering 50% discounts!

 

[Melonfish]

'Members of the public are told not to enter the 'Security Bubble' for their own safety'
Err, yeah, I can see that.

What a wanky name though, the 'Security Bubble'

They tried calling it the "fairy ring" but got stick from the LGBT so had to change it last minute

 

[MrJamie]

Im only really interested in the actual sport bit, not all the nonsense around it, but as a nation we do seem to like to complain about things being crap rather than wanting the Olympics to go well in the UK.

What is the worst a kid on Bmx could do, touch the torch?

Depends if hes stolen a bag of dog crap on the way there

 

[subaqua]

Im only really interested in the actual sport bit, not all the nonsense around it, but as a nation we do seem to like to complain about things being crap rather than wanting the Olympics to go well in the UK.
Depends if hes stolen a bag of dog crap on the way there

who says that those of us complaining about the senseless waste of money on the nonsense , don't want it to go well. i hope its great, but it could have been done with a lot more austerity. thats what makes me annoyed with it

 

[Archie_tect]

Don't worry, Rail Track [or whatever they're called now] have just revealed that they are closing the East Coast line for engineering work on the week-end of the Great North Run, so I would imagine they have something similar planned alongside the Tube Strike for the Olympic fortnight!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

They just have had the torch at Windsor live on News 24.

Some kid ran with it and.... well, he had a large security bubble as you saw them all jogging at a real distance behind him. Obviously there was enough security as there was, seeing as Her Maj was there though....

 

[asterix]

Is it nearly there yet?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Almost, quite what they are going to do with it for the next 2 weeks or so is anyone's guess, although that short ugly guy from Eastenders is supposedly running with it through Walford one day, so it is probably going off the coast again before heading back to the smoke.

 

[rollinstok]

O bese torch carriers
L ondonistan terrorist threat
Y ankee junk food sponsors
M ob disorder
P lastic brits
I gnorant celebrities
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