IN BIRMINGHAM ONE NEWSPAPER REPORTED " THIS IS A HUGE GENERATION OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WE WILL SEIZE WITH BOTH HANDS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR COMMUNITIES BENEFIT " BUT NO OLYMPIC TAX FOR THEM  THE " BATH CHRONICLE " STATED " CHEERS COULD BE HEARD ACROSS THE CITY " -  NO WONDER THEY ALL CHEERED -  NO OLYMPIC TAX FOR THEM !  

ANOTHER LITTLE GEM WHICH EMERGED DURING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON THE " LONDON OLYMPICS BILL WAS A REFERENCE TO " THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING " THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD SIGNED IN 2003.     ONE MP STATED (Quote) " THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PUTS THE BURDEN OF ANY OVERSPEND FIRMLY ON THE LOTTERY AND ON LONDONERS BUT PREVIOUS GAMES HAVE CONSIDERABLY OVERRUN THEIR BUDGET ".  (So way back in 2003 it was decided by a few people, including the EX Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, that Londoners would pay an extra tax for 10/12 years  - and be responsible for a share of the losses - anyone remember being consulted about that in 2003 ?)   

THE MP ALSO SAID "ONE OF THE KEY MARKETING MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE BID PROCESS HAS BEEN THAT THESE GAMES ARE FOR THE WHOLE UNITED KINGDOM " AND CONCLUDED BY SAYING  "I VERY MUCH HOPE THE GOVERNMENT WILL RE-EXAMINE THE 2003 MEMORANDUM OF  UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT THE GAMES HAVE BEEN SECURED "   (unquote)   BUT WILL THEY ?   AFTER KEEPING IT RATHER QUIET UNTIL THE LONDON BID HAD SUCCEEDED - AND THEN SIMPLY TELLING US WHAT WE LONDONERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY - OF COURSE THEY WON'T !

NOT ONLY ARE LONDONERS THE ONLY SECTION OF THE UK BEING FORCED TO PAY AN EXTRA OLYMPIC TAX UNTIL AT LEAST 2016, WE WILL NOW HAVE TO WATCH OLYMPIC  FACILITIES  BEING DISMANTLED AND GIVEN AWAY TO OTHER CITIES IN THE UK WHO ARE NOT HAVING AN OLYMPIC TAX IMPOSED ON THEM.  AND ALSO LONDONERS WILL BE THE ONLY SECTION IN THE UK TO HAVE TO SHARE THE COST OF ANY OVERSPENDS OR LOSSES THAT THESE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES MAY RESULT IN.  ( Something wrong here don't you think ?) 

DOESN'T THIS APPEAR TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE COST OF A MARS   BAR THE EX LONDON MAYOR, (who agreed this infamous deal for Londoners)  DESCRIBED IT ?   ISN'T IT  MORE LIKE LONDONERS HAVING TO BUY UP WILLY WONKERS CHOCOLATE FACTORY SO THAT THE REST OF THE UK COULD EAT CHOCOLATE DURING THE THREE WEEK LONDON OLYMPICS, AND CONTINUE TO EAT IT FOR ANOTHER  FOUR YEARS AFTER THE LONDON OLYMPICS HAD FINISHED - WITH LONDONERS PAYING FOR IT ?                

MP'S  OUTSIDE LONDON MADE SURE THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS DID NOT PAY ONE PENNY PIECE EXTRA IN TAX TOWARDS THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES, IN FACT THEY ARGUED THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN, FREE OF CHARGE, A LOT OF THE OLYMPIC EQUIPMENT AFTER THE GAMES HAD FINISHED - AND OUR LONDON LABOUR MP'S ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN - AT THE SAME TIME AS AGREEING THAT LONDONERS, AND  ONLY LONDONERS, SHOULD PAY EXTRA TAX FOR 10/12 YEARS - AND  THEY REFUSED TO LIMIT THE SHARE OF ANY LOSSES LONDONERS MAY HAVE TO PAY IN ADDITION TO THE 10/12 YEARS LONDONERS ONLY OLYMPIC TAX.

THESE LONDON MP's ACCEPTED THAT  LONDONERS, AND ONLY LONDONERS SHOULD PAY THIS EXTRA OLYMPIC TAX  - WHILST THEY WERE CLAIMING VERY GENEROUS EXPENSES FOR THEMSELVES      -        AND SOME OF THEM REALLY  EXPECTED US TO VOTE THEM BACK INTO THE WORLD OF ALI BABA  AGAIN ?  - I SHOULD SAY SO !