Building an Olympic stadium in London was always going to be a challenge. Compared to previous recent venues such as Sidney, Athens and Beijing, the cost of everything in London is much higher. The cost of property and construction is particularly unfavourable. Even putting aside issues such as England’s habit of letting any schedule slip [...]
Archive for the ‘politics’ Category
Can London still hold the Olympics?
Posted in money, politics, sport on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First the bad news now the…
Posted in money, politics, spin on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the country enters recession the Chancellor will announce a raft of tax measures in his pre-budget report. This will include a 2.5% slash off VAT which Darling hopes will encourage people to buy more goods and stimulate the economy. The CBI has warned that thousands of jobs could be lost if business does not [...]
No hand shakes for Bush?
Posted in politics, TV shows on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have a look at this fun little video from the recent G20 summit Wouldn’t it be nice if CNN had got the right interpretation of events here! All the world leaders refusing to shake hands with George Bush HaHa. Of course they would not have dared to do that while he was president, except of [...]
