23 June 2005

Olympian detachment

The Scottish Executive throws its (less than significant) weight behind London's Olympic bid:
"A successful London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games will excite and inspire Scottish people of all ages and abilities to take up sport, it was claimed today.
Sports Minister Patricia Ferguson spoke ahead of a visit by Steve Cram, a member of the London 2012 bid team. Mr Cram is meeting business leaders in Scotland to give an assessment of the London bid, ahead of the decision next month by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC will announce the successful host city during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on July 6, 2005."

At the risk of sounding curmudgeonly, this Scottish person is far from excited or inspired. The Olympics are overblown and corrupt. I would rather that we had nothing to do with them.

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