So it’s great news for London, having beaten Paris to host the 2012 Olympic games. Superb news, despite my earlier reticence.
Hopefully everybody will be able to enjoy the celebrations, but the hard work starts now for so many people. It’s a huge prospect, but one that will surely lift the east-end of London substantially, and do so much to enrich one of the poorest parts of the capital, and the country.
That such a huge event should be occurring in our country must also do a great deal to help lift the spirits of the entire country. Whilst I’ve sympathy to France: Economic problems and unpopular leaders, and now loosing the Olympics (it’s Paris’ third attempt) must surely mean that France can’t be a particularly uplifting place to be right now.
Quite the opposite – I suspect – from the UK, where the uplift from winning the right to host the Olympics will add to what was already a growing sense of confidence and optimism. Quite remarkable.
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