Games For A Laugh
‘BRITAINS Olympic 2012 bid has taken another blow, and this time from Ken Livingstone, one its main supporters.
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The farce of the World Athletic Championships, which were moved from London to Paris after the Government and the ridiculous Sports Minister Richard Caborn failed to organise the proverbial piss-up in a brewery did not help.
And Paris is a good place to start talking about this latest blow, since Londons rival city for the games has the infrastructure that London should envy.
Thanks to Ken and his type, a journey that costs around 85p on the Paris Metro will soon cost £2 in London.
If thats what it will cost in 2004, what will the price of a ride on the stinking hell-hole that is the London Underground be in 2012?
The tarnished image of London as a sporting Mecca does not need to be worsened.
Already an expensive city with dire amenities for tourists, the plan is to make London an extortionate city with bilingual traffic information.
As things stand, London has no chance of getting the games. Paris will win the vote over London and New York – and should win the vote.
But since image counts for so much, Britain should consider making full use of her assets.
Whereas the occasionally suave Minute Man President Jacques Chiraq spoke at the launch of his countrys bid, Tony Blair left the job to Ken and the singularly unimpressive Tessa Jowell.
Now the big guns are needed. Give David Beckham the job of promoting the games.
Becks lives on the continent now and is well placed to talk up a London, his home city, and the London Olympic bid.
Last night he received a standing ovation for his performance. He might sound like a toddler waking up his parents to say hes wet the bed but hes the best weve got.
And in any case, have you heard Ken Livingstone speak..?’
Posted: 21st, August 2003 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
