ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN THE NATIONAL PRESS THOSE "CHOSEN" WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING STAFF IN DIVERSITY ISSUES, IMPOSING RACE RULES ON COMPANIES THAT BID FOR OLYMPIC CONTRACTS , AND ORGANISING HEADCOUNTS OF ETHNIC MINORITY AND DISABLED WORKERS.   THEY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE GIVEN TARGETS ON RAISING EMPLOYMENT RATES FOR ETHNIC MINORITY AND WOMEN WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

THE REPORT STATED THAT THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY  AUTHORITY AIMS TO MAKE CONTRACTORS WORKING ON GAMES BUILDINGS WRITE EQUALITY PLANS TO ENSURE THEY ARE MEETING OFFICIAL GUIDELINES.    IT IS CALLING FOR A "SENSE OF OWNERSHIP" OF THE OLYMPIC PARK ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES, WHICH SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, DIFFERENT FAITH COMMUNITIES, WOMEN, DISABLED PEOPLE, YOUNGER AND OLDER PEOPLE, LESBIAN, HOMOSEXUALS, BISEXUAL, AND TRANS-GENDERED PEOPLE.

WHILST THESE AIMS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE MANY LONDONERS WILL WONDER WHY EXISTING LAWS ON DISCRIMINATION ETC CANNOT BE APPLIED WITHOUT HAVING TO EMPLOY AN EXTRA ARMY OF HIGHLY PAID OFFICIALS TO SEE THAT THESE EXISTING LAWS ARE COMPLIED WITH.     AND DO THEY REALLY NEED " A BONUS" TO MOTIVATE THEM.       £100,000 PER ANNUM - AND A BONUS AS WELL.  (whilst the Olympic Organisers want volunteers from the rest of us to work for nothing during the event just for the glory of participating).

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, TRADE UNIONS, RACE RELATIONS AND DISCRIMINATION BOARDS ETC ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED FROM EMPLOYERS - AND YET THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY SEES FIT TO SET UP ANOTHER LEVEL OF HIGHLY PAID OFFICIALS IN THE NAME OF "EQUALITY AND INCLUSION".   IS THIS TESSA JOWELL'S IDEA  OF "CLOSE SCRUTINY" BEING KEPT ON OLYMPIC EXPENDITURE ?   AND HOW MANY MORE HIGHLY PAID "JOBS FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS" ARE GOING TO BE CREATED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ?

AS MORE AND MORE OLYMPIC COSTS EMERGE INTO THE PUBLIC GAZE LONDONERS MUST BEGIN TO WONDER HOW MANY YEARS THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS.     FROM £2.4 BILLION IN 2004 TO AN ESTIMATED £9.3 BILLION IN 2007 (with 5 years still to go) DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE, NO MATTER WHAT THE MAYOR OF LONDON, OR TESSA JOWELL SAYS.

LONDONERS SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY SECTION IN THE UK TO HAVE TO PAY EXTRA TAX FOR 10/12 YEARS FOR AN EVENT THAT IS OF BENEFIT TO ALL THE UK.   NOT A WEEK GOES BY WITHOUT SEB COE, TESSA JOWELL, LONDON MP's AND ALL THE OLYMPIC SUPPORTERS SAYING IN PUBLIC, ON TV, AND ON THE RADIO, THAT THE 2012 LONDON GAMES ARE NOT JUST FOR LONDON BUT FOR THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM - SO LET ALL THE UNITED KINGDOM CONTRIBUTE TO THEM - NOT JUST LONDONERS.

SAY "NO" TO THE LONDONERS ONLY OLYMPIC TAX AND LOSSES.                                   04 August 2007