Guardian: 2012 Olympics: Kabul. Baghdad. London. Three to avoid this summer.
By Simon Jenkins
"The missile batteries, fighter jets and VIP lanes are what happens when a world agency blackmails a city aching for prestige."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/03/olympics-2012-kabul-baghdad-london-avoid
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"Transport for London has been reduced to a gibbering wreck. It has warned Londoners to get out of the city for the duration – at what cost to the economy? Citizens have been warned that central London roads will be closed, tube drivers may go on strike, and hospital casualty departments will be short of blood. How this will make money for London, as promised by Coe and others, is a mystery. As a tourist destination the place is being put on a par with Baghdad or Kabul...."
So, if you're a Londoner, you'd better leave???
