TO BOLSTER UP THE EVER GROWING DOUBTS ABOUT THE TRUE COSTS OF THE 2012 LONDON GAMES THE LONDON ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAVE RECENTLY (December 2006) COMMISSIONED ANOTHER SURVEY, DESIGNED TO SHOW HOW OVER THE MOON WE ALL ARE AT THE PROSPECT OF THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS.
READERS WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT:-
(A) 64% OF THOSE POLLED IN SCOTLAND WERE IN FAVOUR OF LONDON HOSTING THE OLYMPIC GAMESI 2012.
(B) 80% OF THOSE POLLED IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND WERE IN FAVOUR OF THE LONDON GAMES.
(C) 78% OF THOSE POLLED IN THE MIDLANDS SUPPORT THE LONDON GAMES.
(D) 79% OF THOSE POLLED IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND (Outside London) FULLY SUPPORT THE LONDON GAMES.
(E) THE STRONGEST SUPPORT FOR THE LONDON GAMES (Londoners Only paying) CAME FROM WALES AND THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
WELL NO SURPISES THERE AS NONE OF THOSE GIVING THE LONDON OLYMPICS THEIR " FULL SUPPORT" ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE ONE EXTRA PENNY PIECE TOWARDS THE COSTS OR THE LOSSES.
PUT ANOTHER WAY THEY HAVE ALL VOTED FOR LONDON COUNCIL TAX PAYERS, AND ONLY LONDON COUNCIL TAX PAYERS TO PAY EXTRA TAX FOR 10/12 YEARS, AND TO PAY A SHARE OF ANY LOSSES - WHILST THEY ALL SIT BACK AND REAP MANY OF THE BENEFITS THAT LONDONERS WILL BE PAYING FOR - NO WONDER THEY ALL SUPPORT THE LONDON OLYMPICS !
SOME LONDONERS WERE APPARENTLY CANVASSED (we have no idea just how many out of 7 million Londoners) AND ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY 75% (75% out of how many - 100 - 1,000 - 2,000) GAVE AN "APPROVAL RATING" FOR THE LONDON GAMES. NOTE THE "APPROVAL RATING " - NOT "OVERWHELMING SUPPORT" - NOT "STRONG SUPPORT" - NOT EVEN "STRONGLY SUPPORTED" - JUST "AN APPROVAL RATING". OH ! AND BY THE WAY, THERE WAS NO REFERENCE AT ALL TO THE EXTRA TAX AND LOSSES WHEN THIS SURVEY WAS PUT TO THOSE FEW LONDONERS - JUST LIKE PREVIOUS SURVEYS.
THIS LATEST SURVEY IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR LONDON POLITICIANS, SPECULATORS AND SPORTS VESTED INTERESTS ARE DETERMINED THAT LONDONERS, AND ONLY LONDONERS END UP PAYING FOR WHATEVER MISTAKES, MISCALCULATIONS OR ERRORS THEY MAKE - WHILST THE OTHER 50 MILLION CITIZENS OF THE UK GIVE THEM THEIR "FULL SUPPORT " TO IMPOSE ENORMOUS DEBTS ON LONDON COUNCIL TAX PAYERS.
OUR SHORT AND LIMITED CAMPAIGN SECURED OVER 11,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST THE EXTRA TAX AND LOSSES - FROM THOSE WHO ARE EXPECTED TO PAY - NOT THOSE ON A FREE RIDE !
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LONDON LABOUR MP's DID NOTHING TO SUPPORT LONDONERS, AS OTHER MP's SUPPORTED THEIR CONSTITUENTS THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO REPRESENT LONDONERS ANY LONGER - THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR US EXCEPT TO LUMBER US WITH DEBT UNTIL AT LEAST 2016, POSSIBLY 2018. KICK THEM OUT AT THE NEXT GENERAL- ELECTION. THEY ARE NOT WORTHY OF OUR SUPPORT.