tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post6082742326959946852..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Around and about the Newham, London 2012 OlympicsJohn Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-30914184468471016742012-08-05T01:05:10.624+01:002012-08-05T01:05:10.624+01:00John
They are the Newham Olympic miserablistsJohn<br />They are the Newham Olympic miserablistsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-37840471600537359502012-08-04T22:49:32.514+01:002012-08-04T22:49:32.514+01:00Hi Prat D'oh!
So you think that spanish spea...Hi Prat D'oh! <br /><br />So you think that spanish speakers cannot be Londoners? <br /><br />Hmmn Prat D'oh indeed!<br /><br />Wot a load of old nonsense Prat<br /><br />You claim to know the cost of everything but you know the value of nothing!John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-45138207797775608792012-08-04T20:42:54.866+01:002012-08-04T20:42:54.866+01:00"There is a very international and touristy f..."There is a very international and touristy feel."<br /><br />Don't be fooled. I was helping a Spanish lady in Westfield. She had been to see an Olympic event. I was chatting, only to fell like a prat, when I discovered she works and lives in London! D'oh! <br /><br />London is an international city.<br /><br />"... So far every "Newhamite" I have spoken to is supportive of the Games and some admit that they use to be cynics before the opening ceremony but they are now big fans."<br /><br />The Olympics is a huge ego boost for politicians, who love to the limelight.<br /><br />None of their promises has come good.<br /><br />Where were the jobs for Newham residents in building the stadium?<br /><br />Wehere are the millions to be spend in regenerating the rest of Newham?<br /><br />Opening Ceremony tickets were cheated from the public. On the last day, you could still get £1500 opening ceremony tickets. How many £20 tickets did they offer to the public?. My council tax paid for the Olympics. The ticket ballot favours the rich. <br /><br />The Olympics could have been anywhere in the world and it would have made no difference to my life. <br /><br />What matters to me, is where are the hundreds of millions promised for local regeneration?<br /><br />I walked around the Olympic park and for £9billion, some of the building look junk (excluding the Velodrome, Aquatics, BasquetBall arena and the live TV unit). The rest could be bull dozed.<br /><br />Some building looked like if was temporary made with scaffolding. <br /><br />Most of people at the Olympics don't have money. You should have seen the way people were grabbing the freebies at some of the corporate stands... (mostly junk stuff...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com