THE Red Arrows have been banned from performing at the 2012 London Olympics as they are too BRITISH. Barmy organisers claim the popular RAF display team’s military background “might offend other nations”. The decision has left pilots, who were set to perform their best-ever display at the opening ceremony, in a state of outrage. One said yesterday: “We have been simply blown away by this decision. “For years we have talked about performing a display at the Olympic Games and how magnificent it would be. “It never crossed our mind we would be banned from the event.”The government department is running the event alongside organising committee chairman Lord Sebastian Coe. An insider also suggested the Arrows had ALREADY performed at the Olympics — by doing a fly-past when...
Princess Anne is being paid £400 an hour to attend planning meetings for the 2012 London Olympics. The payments - which come against the backdrop of a spiralling bill for the Games - were last night condemned by critics of the growing Olympics gravy train. Documents filed by the Games' organising committee, chaired by Lord Coe, show that during the past year the Princess Royal was paid £4,000 to attend four board meetings lasting an average of just two-and-a-half hours each.The accounts for 2006-07, seen by The Mail on Sunday, also reveal that former Olympic triple- jumper Jonathan Edwards received more than £100,000 for attending board meetings and carrying out consultancy work, while chief executive Paul Deighton - who has an es t imated £110million personal fortune - drew a...
For civilized people everywhere, laugh at your enemies. A musical in the spirit of Mel Brooks.Time to sit back and awaiting the seething and rage from the usual rage boy suspects on this one.http://www.jihad-the-musical.com/The plot sees its hero, Sayid al-Boom, 'lured by a veiled, poppy-exporting femme fatale' into the lair of a band of jihadis. He is then manipulated by a sinister reporter and so caught, emblematically speaking, 'between the terrorists and bloodthirsty global media'. Help apparently finally turns up in the form of 'a surrender-prone Frenchman' and his sister. The posters for the show bear the tag-line 'The West shall not be won (again) so long as we have a high-kicking chorus line'.Worthy of a post if for no more reason than this song: Turned & ran.Quick links:Purchase...
From The Guardian: Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has insisted that the controversial new 2012 logo will stay, as inspectors began a three-day examination of London's plans for the Olympic Games.Ms Jowell admitted the graffiti-style logo had caused a "storm" after it was unveiled last week but said it was "adaptable" and could be used in a "variety of different contexts"."The logo will be the logo for the Olympic Games," she told BBC Breakfast."One thing you can say for this logo is that it has got people talking. It has got people talking about the Olympics, it has got people talking about what they like and what they don't like."Her remarks were made as the 16-strong International Olympic Committee co-ordination commission was due to be updated on the progress of London's plans since...
From The Daily Mail:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460205&in_page_id=1770(which I understand is not Kens fave paper.)The video for the hugely unpopular 2012 Olympics logo which triggered at least 22 epileptic fits was a "catastrophic mistake", London Mayor Ken Livingstone has said.Mr Livingstone, whose support for the Games is crucial to their success, pulled no punches when he made clear his disgust at the way the logo's launch was handled.He said the firm which made the film should "not be paid a penny".It emerged that the Olympic Committee had feared the film - featuring flashing lights and psychedelic colours - might cause seizures, and even put up warning signs at the official launch in London as a precaution.Yet the committee, headed...
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