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[Andy B]

Boris in the news again ....... 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19079733

[CaptainZok]

[omega3000]

String all the MPs up for a public floggin me says  or shall we wait till the final bill is in from the olympics 

[tunnie]

Only Boris, somehow could not see Ken agreeing to do that

[the alarming man]

String all the MPs up for a public floggin me says  or shall we wait till the final bill is in from the olympics 

no with the crap opening ceromony costing £27 000,000 we need to start now.....walnut whip my arse thats all it will cost each house hold

[tunnie]

String all the MPs up for a public floggin me says  or shall we wait till the final bill is in from the olympics 

no with the crap opening ceromony costing £27 000,000 we need to start now.....walnut whip my arse thats all it will cost each house hold

The Olympics generate more than they cost, yes its expensive, but it will more than pay for itself in Tourist levels 

[the alarming man]

and when the tourist have gone??? no tunnie i don't think so yeah ok possibly in the monetry value yes but what about all the people that had too leave homes and business's to make way for this codswallop??...i am sure they will be over the moon the amount tourists are bringing in

[albitz]

As you said earlier Tunnie.London is like a ghost town.Everyone has stayed away as they expected London to be so crowded they wouldnt be able to move.
Iirc,the last Olympics which didnt lose money for the host country was in the U.S. in 1984.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182347/London-Olympics-2012-Businesses-pay-price-1-5m-workers-stay-home-stop-London-seizing-up.html

[tunnie]

Its the commuters staying away, big tourist money spinners still going well. Went through Central London last weekend, fully of tourists, just no Londers.

"The London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole. (Lloyds TSB)

-Revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are forecast to add up to an additional £2.1bn. (London Councils 2012 Team)"

So £27m is a drop in the Ocean 

[Kevin Wood]

Its the commuters staying away, big tourist money spinners still going well. Went through Central London last weekend, fully of tourists, just no Londers.

"The London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole. (Lloyds TSB)

-Revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are forecast to add up to an additional £2.1bn. (London Councils 2012 Team)"

So £27m is a drop in the Ocean 

Wasn't that just for the opening ceremony, though?

Will we ever know the total cost?  It went sailing past 10bn a long time ago.

[tunnie]

Yeah £27m was just for the Opening, but in the grand scheme of things like that black hole the NHS, Benefits, least its going to some use!

[Rods2]

Its the commuters staying away, big tourist money spinners still going well. Went through Central London last weekend, fully of tourists, just no Londers.

"The London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole. (Lloyds TSB)

-Revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are forecast to add up to an additional £2.1bn. (London Councils 2012 Team)"

So £27m is a drop in the Ocean 

Tunnie you are mistaking turnover with taxable revenue. To make a profit, the tax revenue will have to exceed the cost to the tax payer of the Olympics, less any return from selling off the Olympic village, stadiums etc afterwards. But if you look at most recent Olympic stadiums some are unused and derelict, so I won't be holding my breath on this.

[tunnie]

Still think its all good, hopefully inspire a few more people to take up sports. We also denied the French from hosting them, which can only be good as well.

We waste millions & billions on pointless wars (Afghanistan/Iraq), getting illegal immigrants in 7 bedroom homes,  MP's seconds home, the EU, the NHS black hole....

Least money is being spend on something remotely useful!

[the alarming man]

Still think its all good, hopefully inspire a few more people to take up sports. We also denied the French from hosting them, which can only be good as well.

We waste millions & billions on pointless wars (Afghanistan/Iraq), getting illegal immigrants in 7 bedroom homes,  MP's seconds home, the EU, the NHS black hole....

Least money is being spend on something remotely useful!

well that it is your view.... but i guess if you had a serious/life threatening/painfull condition or illness the NHS would be of more use

[tunnie]

Still think its all good, hopefully inspire a few more people to take up sports. We also denied the French from hosting them, which can only be good as well.

We waste millions & billions on pointless wars (Afghanistan/Iraq), getting illegal immigrants in 7 bedroom homes,  MP's seconds home, the EU, the NHS black hole....

Least money is being spend on something remotely useful!

well that it is your view.... but i guess if you had a serious/life threatening/painfull condition or illness the NHS would be of more use

My point is you can pile billions & billions into NHS with no noticeable improvement, least with Olympics you can see results!

The NHS should be scrapped anyway!

[ted_one]

Yeah! Yeah! whatever.Just do'nt fall off your bike or crash your car  Jesus christ 

[tunnie]

Yeah! Yeah! whatever.Just do'nt fall off your bike or crash your car  Jesus christ 

America does not have an NHS, plenty of car crashes there 

[ted_one]

And pray tell how in your world would you take care of 60 million citizens of whom many are unemloyed or are on low incomes and retired?

[albitz]

Americas system is far from perfect.Its possible to be left dying on the street by an ambulance crew if you dont have the appropriate type of insurance etc.
Our NHS though is in crisis imo.There is a lot wrong with it (also a lot right with it) and it costs way too much to run.It has become an enormous black hole which no amount of money can fill. Maybe we need a system somewhere betwen what we currently have and what the U.S have ?
There are so many people taking the p1ss out of the " free too evryone" system that it cant possibly cope. I was in my local A&E a few Friday nights ago,and it was absolutely jammed.They were spilling out the doors.Many of them appeared to have nothing more than a sprained ankle.
A nurse appeared with a board saying "waiting time four and a half hours", she asked that anyone whose injuries or illness wasnt actually a medical emergency and might be dealt with by a GP on Monday, could possibly go home rather than wait until the early hours of the morning to be seen.Suddenly,two thirds of the so called emergencies disappeared into the night.
This is one of the unfortunate side effects of a free systemcoupled with a population with an overblown sense of entitlement imo.

[albitz]

And pray tell how in your world would you take care of 60 million citizens of whom many are unemloyed or are on low incomes and retired?

More like 70 milion now,and that is one of the problems. 60 million was possibly manageable,70 million has passed the point of the straw which broke the camels back by the look of things.

[Taxi_Driver]

Its the commuters staying away, big tourist money spinners still going well. Went through Central London last weekend, fully of tourists, just no Londers.

"The London Olympics will generate £10bn in revenue for the British economy as a whole. (Lloyds TSB)

-Revenue from tourists attracted by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are forecast to add up to an additional £2.1bn. (London Councils 2012 Team)"

So £27m is a drop in the Ocean 

Tunnie you are mistaking turnover with taxable revenue. To make a profit, the tax revenue will have to exceed the cost to the tax payer of the Olympics, less any return from selling off the Olympic village, stadiums etc afterwards. But if you look at most recent Olympic stadiums some are unused and derelict, so I won't be holding my breath on this.

I guess you didnt watch the tv programme last week, that showed the design and building of the Olympic stadium. It is the first stadium designed to be partially taken apart after the olympics, so that it is much smaller.......

[tunnie]

And pray tell how in your world would you take care of 60 million citizens of whom many are unemloyed or are on low incomes and retired?

America appears to cope quite well, thats 310 million citizens 

The NHS is broke, it does not work in its current form. It needs scrapping, start again. It costs 100 billion per year to run it!

They scrapped a £12 billion IT system, money totally wasted!  Similar cost to the Olympics? Hummm 

[TheBoy]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

[TheBoy]

And pray tell how in your world would you take care of 60 million citizens of whom many are unemloyed or are on low incomes and retired?

Retired, I'd pay for them. Lame and Lazy? Thats why the dear Lords invented shotguns

[TheBoy]

It costs 100 billion per year to run it!

Not even close. Thats just a part

[TheBoy]

They scrapped a £12 billion IT system

Thats not entirely true. Actually, its not true at all 

[tunnie]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

I found the coverage excellent, 24 dedicated HD channels you can watch any sport you want.

Freeview, choice is 4 i think. As ever, you want more, pay more 

[tunnie]

They scrapped a £12 billion IT system

Thats not entirely true. Actually, its not true at all 

Either way, its money pished up against a wall!

[TheBoy]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

I found the coverage excellent, 24 dedicated HD channels you can watch any sport you want.

Freeview, choice is 4 i think. As ever, you want more, pay more 

They can't fill one bloody channel. Its 2 mins of live sport, filled in with 28mins of some ugly bird talking about it. Very bad.

[tunnie]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

I found the coverage excellent, 24 dedicated HD channels you can watch any sport you want.

Freeview, choice is 4 i think. As ever, you want more, pay more 

They can't fill one bloody channel. Its 2 mins of live sport, filled in with 28mins of some ugly bird talking about it. Very bad.

Don't know what you've been watching then? This morning, from about 9:30 to 13:30, watching Archery. Not a single shot of a presenter, just the sport, same with any other dedicated channel I've tuned into. With the exception of Swimming!

[TheBoy]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

I found the coverage excellent, 24 dedicated HD channels you can watch any sport you want.

Freeview, choice is 4 i think. As ever, you want more, pay more 

They can't fill one bloody channel. Its 2 mins of live sport, filled in with 28mins of some ugly bird talking about it. Very bad.

Don't know what you've been watching then? This morning, from about 9:30 to 13:30, watching Archery. Not a single shot of a presenter, just the sport, same with any other dedicated channel I've tuned into. With the exception of Swimming!

Sorry, I was working this morning. Most of us do.

Take this evening. The telly has been on about 20mins, and I've seen about 15m of that prat interviewing the canoe peeps, about 2m of shooting, now shortarse ex-crap footballer interviewing him.

Why don't they rerun the stuff you had on earlier?

I#ve never seen such poor coverage, bearing in mind the evening is going to be the time everyone is watching.

[Andy B]

....
Sorry, I was working this morning. Most of us do.....

I wasn't 

day 1 of 5 days off. 

[tunnie]

I quite like Boris. I reckon he's the intelligent man acting like a baffoon.

Olympics. Its a London thing for London people. Londoners should pick up the tab.

I like sport, but the non-pay tv coverage has been appalling. I'll be glad when its over TBH...  ...was sick of it a couple of years ago.

I found the coverage excellent, 24 dedicated HD channels you can watch any sport you want.

Freeview, choice is 4 i think. As ever, you want more, pay more 

They can't fill one bloody channel. Its 2 mins of live sport, filled in with 28mins of some ugly bird talking about it. Very bad.

Don't know what you've been watching then? This morning, from about 9:30 to 13:30, watching Archery. Not a single shot of a presenter, just the sport, same with any other dedicated channel I've tuned into. With the exception of Swimming!

Sorry, I was working this morning. Most of us do.

Take this evening. The telly has been on about 20mins, and I've seen about 15m of that prat interviewing the canoe peeps, about 2m of shooting, now shortarse ex-crap footballer interviewing him.

Why don't they rerun the stuff you had on earlier?

I#ve never seen such poor coverage, bearing in mind the evening is going to be the time everyone is watching.

I was working, big TV had Olympics, other big TV Cricket 

The stuff during the day is just the sport, with Footie, there is no commentary/report at half time. 

[Nickbat]

The Aussies have not done well in swimming. The problem is a lot of other countries have sent swimmers to the Games. The rule book has been thrown out of the window.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmIORJbwqiY&feature=channel&list=UL

 

[TheBoy]

The stuff during the day is just the sport, with Footie, there is no commentary/report at half time.

Bliss

We have TVs in the office, due to there being a call centre on the floor. But no sound. Sadly, due to the placement, I can't see any of them unless I move back about 4'

[paul.lovejoy]

Americas system is far from perfect.Its possible to be left dying on the street by an ambulance crew if you dont have the appropriate type of insurance etc.
Our NHS though is in crisis imo.There is a lot wrong with it (also a lot right with it) and it costs way too much to run.It has become an enormous black hole which no amount of money can fill. Maybe we need a system somewhere betwen what we currently have and what the U.S have ?
There are so many people taking the p1ss out of the " free too evryone" system that it cant possibly cope. I was in my local A&E a few Friday nights ago,and it was absolutely jammed.They were spilling out the doors.Many of them appeared to have nothing more than a sprained ankle.
A nurse appeared with a board saying "waiting time four and a half hours", she asked that anyone whose injuries or illness wasnt actually a medical emergency and might be dealt with by a GP on Monday, could possibly go home rather than wait until the early hours of the morning to be seen.Suddenly,two thirds of the so called emergencies disappeared into the night.
This is one of the unfortunate side effects of a free systemcoupled with a population with an overblown sense of entitlement imo.

and lots of free loaders only in this country to milk it dry  espicially the free health service.........been there seen it and watched some one die probably a bit quicker than he should have

[paul.lovejoy]

and as for the olympics creating all the construction workers with jobs what a load of old tosh just like all the work being carried out on london stations and the dome when it was built most of the workers are foriegn  trades shortage my arse its all about cheap imported labour 

[albitz]

Absolutely fat bloke.Olympic site was built by eastern europeans who flooded into the area for the duration. Russian mafia were taking a cut from their wages too.Utterly disgraceful.Soft touch doesnt even touch what we have allowed to happen.

[Kevin Wood]

Why don't they rerun the stuff you had on earlier?

I#ve never seen such poor coverage, bearing in mind the evening is going to be the time everyone is watching.

Indeed. Not that I find sport remotely interesting, but I have 24 channels of SD Olympics and 24 channels HD plus the mainstream TV channels on freesat.

9Pm at night must be pretty much peak viewing time. Most of them are showing "This is BBC Olympics n" with a timetable of what I could watch tomorrow if it wasn't for the fact that I have to work for a living. No summary of today's events whatsoever.

<channel surf>

Oh, look! Beach volleyball.

Men's beach volleyball.

[paul.lovejoy]

Absolutely fat bloke.Olympic site was built by eastern europeans who flooded into the area for the duration. Russian mafia were taking a cut from their wages too.Utterly disgraceful.Soft touch doesnt even touch what we have allowed to happen.

what do you mean fat bloke it was me that wrote that

are you saying i am fat

[albitz]

Sorry fat bloke,I meant to say pleasantly plump.

[paul.lovejoy]

oiiiiiii shaggy thats mr plumpjoy

[albitz]

"Paul Plumpjoy" - I like that.

[paul.lovejoy]

thought you would lover