05-07-2005, 21:51
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Re: London 2012
Personally I hope we don't get it - and I hope the lousy transport infrastructure is listed as a major reason why not.
Perhaps then they might learn that the best thing to do is get the decent transport system in place and then try and get the games.
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05-07-2005, 21:51
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Re: London 2012
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Has anyone stopped to think how much this will cost us?
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So? We will experance a massive increase in tourism and everything bulit (sport facilities all over london, improved and new transport) will stay. We will also have the pride 
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05-07-2005, 21:53
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So? We will experance a massive increase in tourism
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Great - more tourists... just what London needs 
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05-07-2005, 21:55
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Blair was said to have boosted our chances with a good speech at the London conference  |
Yes I'm sure he would love to be seen as instrumental in a successful bid Damien.
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05-07-2005, 21:57
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Re: London 2012
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...and southerners will be unbearable if London win
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Well it beats the French being unbearable if they win....so it's worth it
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Has anyone stopped to think how much this will cost us?
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I think someone might have...yes.
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05-07-2005, 21:59
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Re: London 2012
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So? We will experance a massive increase in tourism and everything bulit (sport facilities all over london, improved and new transport) will stay. We will also have the pride |
And how long will Greece / Athens be paying for the last one exactly?
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05-07-2005, 22:00
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Yes I'm sure he would love to be seen as instrumental in a successful bid Damien. |
He didnt say he boosted chances, Watchers said he had a positive effect on the bid when he went there and made speechs
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05-07-2005, 22:53
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Re: London 2012
I want London to win. Its about time we got something in this country.
It would increase tourisn here and really be something fun for England.
It will put us back on the map and I think we deserve it.
France have already had their moment of fame hosting the World Cup so lets give England a chance now.
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05-07-2005, 23:21
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Re: London 2012
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Has anyone stopped to think how much this will cost us?
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We'd probably get it all back, and as a byproduct, get loads of brand new facilities.
I am supporting it because:
1. We might end up with some public transport that surpasses tolerable
2. It will bring loads of money.
3. We'll beat the french at something 
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05-07-2005, 23:30
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Re: London 2012
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Has anyone stopped to think how much this will cost us?
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http://www.london2012.com/en/news/ar...0-13-17-45.htm
And Mr Livingstone said that meant the extra council tax cost would be 38p per week for a Band D household for 10 years.
He said: "You cannot even buy a Walnut Whip for 38p a week, and if you ask me what the public want, I think they will want an Olympic Games for that price."
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05-07-2005, 23:39
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http://www.london2012.com/en/news/ar...0-13-17-45.htm
And Mr Livingstone said that meant the extra council tax cost would be 38p per week for a Band D household for 10 years.
He said: "You cannot even buy a Walnut Whip for 38p a week, and if you ask me what the public want, I think they will want an Olympic Games for that price."
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This is not about the Olympic bid (it won't affect me), but it really gets on my nerves when people try to make a sum of money look tiny by expressing it as pence per week. Who do you think you are kidding? 38p per week for 10 years is £200.
Be a man, and say it FFS...
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06-07-2005, 07:48
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Re: London 2012
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We'd probably get it all back, and as a byproduct, get loads of brand new facilities.
I am supporting it because:
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2. It will bring loads of money.
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Hear Hear!
It will also improve a lot of things such as facilitys and previously dead areas will be rengenrated. Also I hope there will be a tube station nearer to me that loughton.
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06-07-2005, 08:00
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Re: London 2012
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Has anyone stopped to think how much this will cost us?
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We'd probably get it all back, and as a byproduct, get loads of brand new facilities.
I am supporting it because:
1. We might end up with some public transport that surpasses tolerable
2. It will bring loads of money.
3. We'll beat the french at something |
And we might have a lot of attractive, single, Swedish, French, Danish etc ladies wandering around London 
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06-07-2005, 08:02
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Re: London 2012
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Also I hope there will be a tube station nearer to me that loughton.
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No chance... they're not going to put any more stations out that way... if anything they will probably shut the under used ones like they did with ongar, and north weald
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06-07-2005, 09:17
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Re: London 2012
oh well. Still the improvements will be felt as far away as here. Again there are the pride and the beating paris advantages.
I am off to play pool now, so when i get back we will know. COME ON LONDONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
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