Now who is taking the p##s?
Discussion
Well Boris has to go to the closing Ceremony really as he is the Mayor of the next city to host it. Not sure about the 13 staff. However Ken had plans to spend the whole time there with his cronies and Boris cancelled it as a waste of money.
Interestingly Ken's gone anyway, even though he's now a nobody.
Interestingly Ken's gone anyway, even though he's now a nobody.
Complain all you want, but its likely that a lot of those going will be pretty much required. LDA for example, spending £3m is pretty much fair game these days. They are there to promote London and get inward investment, who better to target than the Chinese with their global ambitions - and they will make that back and more for just being there.
As for the Lord Majors office - well, since they are the overseeing body for the London Olympics, one would hope that they will be willing to learn and understand how China is doing it. I mean, if they get it right then great. If they screw up then we can hopefully avoid doing that ourselves. Seems fair that we do our utmost to try and avoid a sham in 2012.
And as for the BBC spending £3m on sending a load of people over, well its the premier sporting event for the next few years. Not only are they there as our national broadcaster (I wonder how much uproar there would be if the BBC DIDNT cover every single event?), but they are there to showcase their abilities with the new technology such as HD. Its also very much in line with what they have thrown at events like this in the past - its just that its a little further this time!
Dont get me wrong, I am sure that number of 600+ could be trimmed to a more reasonable number. But would we all be willing to jump in and criticise if it were you who was in a position to 'blag a free ticket to China for the Olympics'? I wonder how many people would be on PH patting your back for 'getting it cheap' etc? Yet when others do it, its some sort of major crime.....
As for the Lord Majors office - well, since they are the overseeing body for the London Olympics, one would hope that they will be willing to learn and understand how China is doing it. I mean, if they get it right then great. If they screw up then we can hopefully avoid doing that ourselves. Seems fair that we do our utmost to try and avoid a sham in 2012.
And as for the BBC spending £3m on sending a load of people over, well its the premier sporting event for the next few years. Not only are they there as our national broadcaster (I wonder how much uproar there would be if the BBC DIDNT cover every single event?), but they are there to showcase their abilities with the new technology such as HD. Its also very much in line with what they have thrown at events like this in the past - its just that its a little further this time!
Dont get me wrong, I am sure that number of 600+ could be trimmed to a more reasonable number. But would we all be willing to jump in and criticise if it were you who was in a position to 'blag a free ticket to China for the Olympics'? I wonder how many people would be on PH patting your back for 'getting it cheap' etc? Yet when others do it, its some sort of major crime.....
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