DID I MISS SOMETHING ????
DURING THIS PROGRAM THE EX MAYOR OF LONDON REFERRED TO THE "GOOD DEAL" HE HAD NEGOTIATED FOR LONDONERS IN 2003 WITH THE GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO THE EXTRA TAX LONDONERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR 10/12 YEARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES.
LIKE MOST PEOPLE, I HAVE TO BLINK FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN WATCHING TV AND THEREFORE I MIGHT HAVE MISSED ANY REFERENCE TO THE LOSSES (Also part of the 2003 agreement) THAT LONDON COUNCIL TAX PAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY IF THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES ARE A FINANCIAL DISASTER .
DID I MISS ANY COMMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS LONDONERS ONLY DEBT, OR DID THE MAYOR SIMPLY NOT REFER TO IT ?
IF LONDONERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET A SHARE OF ANY LOSSES, AN UNKNOWN FIGURE AT THIS STAGE, AND A FIGURE THAT WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL AFTER 2012, HOW CAN WE BELIEVE, IN 2006, THAT THE MAYOR NEGOTIATED SUCH A "GOOD DEAL" FOR LONDONERS.
TO NOT MENTION SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS "AGREEMENT" THE EX MAYOR MUST SURELY HAVE RAISED SOME DOUBTS IN MANY LONDONERS MINDS AS TO JUST HOW GOOD A DEAL WE HAVE BEEN LUMBERED WITH.
IN THE OLYMPIC PARK AREA IT PROBABLY IS A GOOD DEAL BUT FOR THE REST OF LONDONERS IT COULD BE A DEBT TO END ALL DEBTS - OR DID I MISS SOMETHING ?
WELL AT LEAST LONDONERS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE THE MAYOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCEPTING THIS OLYMPIC PENALTY ON LONDONERS.
NOW LET'S DO THE SAME TO ALL THOSE LONDON LABOUR MP's AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION WHO SUPPORTED THIS OLYMPIC PENALTY ON THEIR CONSTITUENTS.