Just when I thought the Olympics couldn't depress me further....

[Pickman's model]

It gets worse, with slum camp for Olympic cleaners - ten to a room and one shower for 75 people:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...people-Inside-slum-camp-Olympic-cleaners.html

it was supposed to be part of the opening ceremony showcasing modern britain, including the migrants who live in conditions akin to those found in dickensian times.

 

[marty21]

It gets worse, with '"slum camp" for Olympic cleaners - ten to a room and one shower for 75 people':

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...people-Inside-slum-camp-Olympic-cleaners.html

amazing that the Daily Mail broke that story

 

[Pickman's model]

they should just hire me and Badgers then

hurrah! p45s all round!

 

[discokermit]

that landing rail isn't legal, some of the panels have been missed out making it unsafe. the balusters have all been made to take panels though, as they have the lugs attached. even for a temporary structure i doubt it's legal.

 

[ddraig]

and of course the "undesirables" must be cleared away incase any visitors see them!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-18855536
even tho there is NO evidence of any increase

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The security shambles continues: the police are saying that only 20 out of a promised 300 G4S olympic security staff turned up this morning at Box Hill, the Olympic cycling venue. Hardly surprising, given the shit deal they've been offered.

The security is one thing. I've also heard stories about poor organisation of unpaid games volunteers - 90,000 of them are expected....

 

[ViolentPanda]

It gets worse, with '"slum camp" for Olympic cleaners - ten to a room and one shower for 75 people':

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...people-Inside-slum-camp-Olympic-cleaners.html

Cunts!
This is the sort of exploitation we thought that we'd done away with during the 20th century, but yet again the fucking Tories drag us back to the Victorian era.

I'm also annoyed that so many of those cunts in the Westminster Pigsty had a pop at rioters in London, and out in the UK generally, for dragging the country's rep and the capital's rep through the mud in 2010 and 2011, yet there's hardly a fucking peep from them about these money-loving cunts ruining the same reputations. Must be okay, as long as you've got someone in Parliament on a retainer. Cunts!!!

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The militant cabbies are holding a demo in Parliament Square today at 2pm, against the Olympic Lanes

http://ucg-london.co.uk/2012/07/17/ucg-parliament-sq-demonstration/

 

[weltweit]

The militant cabbies are holding a demo in Parliament Square today at 2pm, against the Olympic Lanes
http://ucg-london.co.uk/2012/07/17/ucg-parliament-sq-demonstration/

Erm, no not quite, they are not objecting against the Olympic lanes, they are objecting that they are not permitted to use them themselves!

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Erm, no not quite, they are not objecting against the Olympic lanes, they are objecting that they are not permitted to use them themselves!

Well yes, they want to use them.

 

[Ranbay]

and of course the "undesirables" must be cleared away incase any visitors see them!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-18855536
even tho there is NO evidence of any increase

I have seen no increase at all....

 

[weltweit]

Well yes, they want to use them.

Perhaps a compromise, when a taxi is taking an athelete somewhere then they can use the lanes

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Perhaps a compromise, when a taxi is taking an athelete somewhere then they can use the lanes

We are all athletes .

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The militant cabbies are holding a demo in Parliament Square today at 2pm, against the Olympic Lanes

http://ucg-london.co.uk/2012/07/17/ucg-parliament-sq-demonstration/

Due to the sensitive location of the demonstration it is wise to remain in your cabs.

Is that so they're not photographed/beaten up by the police?

 

[weltweit]

We are all athletes .

speak for yourself ....

 

[weltweit]

It is all very well these Olympic lanes, but once everyone has been transported to the village surely they are pretty much going to be empty until the rush back to the airport again - no?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

It is all very well these Olympic lanes, but once everyone has been transported to the village surely they are pretty much going to be empty until the rush back to the airport again - no?

VIPs and sponsors get to use them too.

So people like Bob Diamond and the Head of Coca Cola can avoid the plebs on public transport

 

[TitanSound]

It is all very well these Olympic lanes, but once everyone has been transported to the village surely they are pretty much going to be empty until the rush back to the airport again - no?

As BH said it's not just the athletes. But it still amazes me that they effectively choke the traffic in central London from 6:00am to 12:00am. 18 hours of the day these cunts get to swan around in BMW 3 series whilst the populace of the city that paid for the games get treated like second class citizens.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I really hope the whole thing descends into an utter farce that will crush the last vestiges of British national pride forever. Let the whole world see what the last few decades of unrestrained corporate cronyism and shameless greed have reduced us to. Let the smouldering remains of our dignity be a warning to others of what happens when a nation is willing to sell out as completely as we have.

 

[TitanSound]

An insider in LOCOG states the obvious:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18853874

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

As BH said it's not just the athletes. But it still amazes me that they effectively choke the traffic in central London from 6:00am to 12:00am. 18 hours of the day these cunts get to swan around in BMW 3 series whilst the populace of the city that paid for the games get treated like second class citizens.

Does it really amaze you? Is this not the zenith that UK PLC has been building up to ever since Thatcher learned to read?

 

[TitanSound]

Does it really amaze you? Is this not the zenith that UK PLC has been building up to ever since Thatcher learned to read?

Yes, it does. Because if I let the full reality of it get to me then I'll probably top myself.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

The BBC lunchtime news just said that 400,000 tickets haven't even gone on sale yet.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The BBC lunchtime news just said that 400,000 tickets haven't even gone on sale yet.

That'll please my friend I was talking to last night who didn't manage to get any tickets so has decided to take herself off to France for the whole duration of the Olympics

 

[two sheds]

This is a 'good news/bad news' story isn't it? Bad news is that that the tickets are all for synchronized swimming and tiddlywinks.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The BBC lunchtime news just said that 400,000 tickets haven't even gone on sale yet.

I strongly suspect that's because they were originally intended for sale to sponsors/corporates, rather than the public. It sounds like sponsor take-up of tickets has been much worse than anticipated and therefore the tickets have been re-offered for sale to the general public. I think this is why Seb Coe was so obstructive when asked to state the proportion of tickets going to corporate sponsors versus the public - he flatly refused to answer the question, despite being pressed on it for over two hours at the GLA. (He said his staff were 'too busy' to work out the figures.)

 

[happie chappie]

They haven't. In effect, this is about using the weight of the state to enforce supposed infringements of "intellectual property" laws that aren't on the statute book.

Actually, they do have the weight of Statute:

http://www.london2012.com/about-us/our-brand/using-the-brand/#what legal protection

Arguably more scary than not having it.

 

[equationgirl]

As someone who works in intellectual property, I think these laws are being interpreted more strictly than usual, and I think it's reflecting badly on LOCOG. I can only hope that the 2014 Commonwealth Games people here in Glasgow are watching and taking notes on how not to do things.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Actually, they do have the weight of Statute:

http://www.london2012.com/about-us/our-brand/using-the-brand/#what legal protection

Arguably more scary than not having it.

"Special laws"

You're right! Much more scary!!

 

[ViolentPanda]

An insider in LOCOG states the obvious:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18853874

Nah, he didn't state the obvious. Nowhere in the article did he say "Lord Coe must die!".