The Media Has Worked Out That...
every medal won in the Olympics has cost £150million. Was it worth it? We have 28 medals so far so what's that total at? Too much for my brain to work out...I assume the medals won by other countries also come in at £150million too...
And here's the latest, our PM has found/committed £125Million for each of the next four years to support our sporting hopefuls hoping to take part in the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Where do they find the money? What is being cut to invest this money?
It appears that the money for this will be Government money but also from lottery funding. I thought that charities applied to the lottery for grants but did not realise that Governments can suddenly decide to syphon off what they like to a cause they want to support. Really it's all our money from taxes and the fee paid for a lottery ticket.
I don't need to spell it out...but we've given £5million to Syria, millions to help with the Euro crises in Greece etc...even money towards the Irish Republic's problems but even I might say a natural disaster or where people really are struggling to have food and heating is more deserving than the Olympics. Even the latest earthquakes in Iran deserve help, if they'll accept it as once again it will be the poor that suffer who already have very little.
Could we afford the Olympics? No! Should we have hosted it? No! Will there be a legacy afterwards? I doubt it! In the end it was just a big party that for a couple of weeks many enjoyed and forgot their troubles but now we come back to Earth with a bump!
And here's the latest, our PM has found/committed £125Million for each of the next four years to support our sporting hopefuls hoping to take part in the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Where do they find the money? What is being cut to invest this money?
It appears that the money for this will be Government money but also from lottery funding. I thought that charities applied to the lottery for grants but did not realise that Governments can suddenly decide to syphon off what they like to a cause they want to support. Really it's all our money from taxes and the fee paid for a lottery ticket.
I don't need to spell it out...but we've given £5million to Syria, millions to help with the Euro crises in Greece etc...even money towards the Irish Republic's problems but even I might say a natural disaster or where people really are struggling to have food and heating is more deserving than the Olympics. Even the latest earthquakes in Iran deserve help, if they'll accept it as once again it will be the poor that suffer who already have very little.
Could we afford the Olympics? No! Should we have hosted it? No! Will there be a legacy afterwards? I doubt it! In the end it was just a big party that for a couple of weeks many enjoyed and forgot their troubles but now we come back to Earth with a bump!
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 3:20 am
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Did you watch any of the Olympics ?
I managed to avoid it but did hear quite a lot via the radio even I coud not totally avoid it but found some presenters gushing and over the top(Radio 5's Nicky Campbell and Racel Burden being the worse)
I won't be watching tonight, will be listening to my music programmes if they are on...I hope that they are.
Well, I fell asleep and woke just a few minutes ago, I had a look outside at all sides and no one is up watching the closing ceremony of the Games.
Houses are in complete darkness. So whether it has gone on too long and people have watched any of it or given up towards the end I don't know...
So you didn't watch any of the Olympics?
No just in passing...they are talking about it on Radio 5 as I write this...
I don't mind that most of the Olympics was mainly run on goodwill and by many volunteers working for nothing! If they could afford to take time off work an could afford to stay somewhere and travel in each day.
But unfortunately some still keep saying this is our PM's "Big Society!"
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Our British do these kind of things anyhow...without being told or being expected to.
In the end I wonder who did the event best...I would say the volunteers and the armed services. I have not heard much about the official security services by G4S...
I don't mind that most of the Olympics was mainly run on goodwill and by many volunteers working for nothing! If they could afford to take time off work an could afford to stay somewhere and travel in each day.
But unfortunately some still keep saying this is our PM's "Big Society!"
]
Our British do these kind of things anyhow...without being told or being expected to.
In the end I wonder who did the event best...I would say the volunteers and the armed services. I have not heard much about the official security services by G4S...
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