THE LATEST NEWS ON THE NEW SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT BUILDING IS THAT FURTHER DEFECTS ARE COMING TO LIGHT ALL THE TIME. FOLLOWING THE CLOSING OF THE MAIN DEBATING CHAMBER IN THIS £430 MILLION " NEW " BUILDING ( ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COST £40-£60 MILLION) AFTER A 12 FOOT OAK BEAM BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS SUPPORT.       NEW DEFECTS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AFTER AN ANONYMOUS ENGINEER TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS DURING A PUBLIC TOUR.

THE MAIN DEBATING CHAMBER IN THIS £430 MILLION PROJECT WILL BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS (estimated as usual) WHILE THE REMAINING 59 BEAMS ARE INSPECTED AND STRAPPING INSTALLED TO MAKE THEM SAFE. THE COST TO THE TAX PAYERS, ESTIMATED ONCE AGAIN, WILL BE  MORE THAN £200,000.          

MORE RECENTLY A MAIN CORRIDOR HAS BEEN CORDONED OFF AFTER " A SCREW " SECURING A FOUR FOOT LIGHT PANEL TO A WALL " FELL OUT ".      AN INDEPENDENT MSP IS QUOTED AS SAYING " THE FACT THAT ONE RANDOM PHOTOGRAPH HAD HIGHLIGHTED THREE POSSIBLE DEFECTS RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY OTHER FAULTS THERE WERE ".  

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT SOURCES ARE REPORTED AS SAYING " THERE WAS CONCERN AT THE TIME THAT THE RUSH TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT COULD LEAD " TO CORNERS BEING CUT " AND A BREAKDOWN IN QUALITY CONTROL.". WHAT A PITY THIS CONCERN DID NOT FIND ITS WAY THROUGH TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE WORK CARRIED OUT, AND MORE THAN HANDSOMELY PAID FOR FROM TAXPAYERS MONEY (£430 MILLION) WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED DURING CONSTRUCTION. ** see page 22 for update on Scottish Parliament Building ****

SO, CAN LONDONERS, THE OLYMPIC AUTHORITIES, AND THEIR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS BE SURE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ON ANY OF THE OLYMPIC BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE ERECTED WITHIN LONDON - OF COURSE THEY CAN'T. CAN THIS BE THE REASON WHY TESSA JOWELL HAS FLATLY REFUSED TO LIMIT THE LOSSES THAT LONDONERS WILL HAVE TO PICK UP ?

TO MERELY STATE THAT " WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE SCRUTINY ON EXPENDITURE " IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN THE LIGHT OF MORE AND MORE CONSTRUCTION SCANDALS COMING TO LIGHT DAY BY DAY, AND MORE IMPORTANT, IS TESSA JOWELL, OR LONDON LABOUR MP's  REALLY THE BEST PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT KEEPING A CLOSE SCRUTINY ON LONDONERS MONEY ? - THEIR OWN "YES" -  ON OURS ?  NOT ON YOUR NELLIE !!

LONDONERS MUST REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY DEBTS INCURRED BY THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE THAT HAVE OBVIOUSLY VIEWED LONDONERS AS A SOFT TOUCH AND WHO WILL SEEK TO LINE THEIR POCKETS AT OUR EXPENSE. 

WHY ELSE HAVE THEY BEEN RESTRICTING THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS TO "IT WILL ONLY COST LONDONERS 38P PER WEEK "  AND SAYING NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT THE LOSSES THEY HAVE AGREED LONDONERS MUST PAY  WITHOUT TELLING US ?       SHOULDN'T OUR LONDON MP's HAVE KEPT US FULLY INFORMED - INSTEAD OF KEEPING US IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS LONDONERS ONLY OLYMPIC PENALTY ?