CALEDONIAN INGRATITUDE
Hilarious report of the lack of support in Scotland for the London bid to hold the Olympic Games in 2012. It seems us ungrateful Jocks just aren’t getting behind the bid, and these kind of negative polls are undermining the London plan. Bless ‘em. But that Seb Coe’s a dodgy geezer innit? Are we the same ungrateful wretches who failed to take the Millennium Dome to our hearts and fully realise the potential spin-off benefits for the people of Dundee, Fort William and Shetland? Fools that we are, and just after wasting all that English money with our begging bowl for a parliament? The cheek of us! Apparently Brian Wilson, former Minister for Nuclear Power (he famed for his hissy-fits on Newsnight) is furious: "The fact is that most Scots would have a better chance of seeing an Olympic games based in London than anywhere else.” Part of the London bid is for Scotland to host preparation camps for various sports. Sounds compelling. Why should we fork out for a corrupt corporate showcase for the pharmaceutical industry? The Olympics is a joke competition rotten to the core that stokes nationalism with dodgy back-room deals and crappy sports no-one’s ever heard of. And all this while the new Wembley (or Beckham’s Changing Room as it’s known) is due to cost £800 million? By the way did you know that Portugal's seven new stadiums for Euro 2004 were built for less than half the price of the new Wembley? And, why not just keep the bloody Olympics in Athens? Full report at the Herald. But look, if you really want to see Bradley Wiggins jogging round Meadowbank then get right behind the London bid here...London 2012