Can London compete with Beijing in 2012?
Although Britain’s athletes shone at the Beijing Olympics, the UK has been ridiculed for its role in the handover ceremony
Boris Johnson was labelled as 'arrogant, rude and disrespectful' by critics of his handling of the flag and the speech in which he proclaimed “ping pong is coming home”. Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page and David Beckham’s performances also came in for criticism, with bloggers branding the whole thing ridiculous.However, the show put on by the Chinese has been received with nothing but praise. Do you think that London can live up to its promises for 2012 despite concerns over the budget? Or will GB become the laughing stock of the world?
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Sid from Stockwell says:Dec 19, 11:04
These will be the "great depression" games and have no hope of matching the Chinese games. Even so the taxpayer will be paying for them for the foreseeable.
Can London compete with Beijing in 2012?No -
Me from Up Here says:Dec 19, 10:24
As long as the rest of the uk does not have to bail out London with cost I really don't care what happens -
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Rambo from Birmingham says:Dec 19, 04:35
It took Montreal 30 years to pay off the 1976 games,God help the U.K.
Can London compete with Beijing in 2012?No -
ANGUS from fife says:Sep 11, 20:46
no one will turn up from scotland so no medals for the uk
Can London compete with Beijing in 2012?No -
Don from Middx says:Sep 11, 02:11
Flipping hell Ian MacDonald you're hard to please, their opening ceremony was "boring"?!!!!! Hate to see what would be just 'OK' in your eyes. That opening is the benchmark and without doubt from a technical/spectacal point the Greatest opening ever - though it would have to be given the money spent, China's size & the message they wantyed to present to the world.
Our biggest mistake would to be even try to take that on - God we're still arguing over the costs alone. We should take a different tack from all the other games. Seeing as we're hard-up, the Olympic stadium will be recycled, etc. Think about all that wasted energy/carbon emissions for Beijing. Why don't we market London as the 'Green' Olympics - that way we can (or for some use it as an excuse) to cut expensive razza-matazz to a minium; the Olympic village could be all solar panels, wind turbines, etc; transport could be in alternative fuel powered vehicles; no cars anywhere near the Olympic stadium - travel in by trains, cycling or walking (greatly helping security threat).
Opening ceremony? Easy, stick to what made Britain:
a) a section on our history
b) British popular culture e.g. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, art, etc
c) technlogy & science - think the most influential inventions have come from here: the telephone, TV, electricity and in part the internet.Can London compete with Beijing in 2012?Yes
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