I want them! In fact, to my mind the refusniks are a depressing symptom of the collapse of national morale. Why shouldn't we want to show ourselves off to the world as a dynamic, modern country like Austrailia did in 2000? What are you, French or something?

Much as I'm against big statist monuments to how great we are (let's leave that to the French government), I would like the Olympics to be held in Britain.

Please, no!

Imagine The Dome, only 10, 20 times worse.

I'd only agree to it if *no* public money was spent on it. Oh, and somewhere else apart from bloody London!

I'm pretty indifferent to be honest.

I'm enormously hostile to the idea.

To those in favour, how much of your taxes are you each, personally, prepared to see spent on facilities?

I am hugely in favour of the Olympics in London. I usually agree with you Mr P, but on this issue your naysaying is most depressing. The proposition of a London extravaganza fills me, and dozens of my friends in Universities throughout Britain, with excitement. I can already hear John Williams' music wafting through the south London air. Shame on you for your negativity Mr P.

I'm from Manchester where the Commonwealth Games were supposed to be ace but really were b*ll**ks. So the Olympics in London could only be a million times worse, even if it didn't rain...

"fills me, and dozens of my friends in Universities throughout Britain, with excitement. I can already hear John Williams' music wafting through the south London air"

The above remark says it all really, ugh! - now you should have seen the Olympics when they were truly amateur - now that was really an uplifting experience. Just loved that Fanny Blankers-Koen....

My vote 'NO'

No! I do not want my council tax increased by an additional £20 per year. The Olympics are boring.

I want them! I am Australian but have lived in London for six years. I love London and the UK, but sometimes the depressing, moaning pessimism that is a feature of English life is somewhat irritating. No 'new world' English speaking country would have anything like the cynical attitude that infects so many Londoners. Americans in the land of optimists love hosting them, and even Australians who have inherited some degree of the moaning tendency from their English forefathers were infused with pride by the Sydney Olympics. It went wll, it boosted pride and tourism, investment and jobs, it encouraged people to think about getting off their arse and being active by participating in sport rather than resorting to deeply unhealthy Atkins type quick fix obesity cures (sorry Stephen).

So sorry, I know I wasnt supposed to give reasons, but there I have. However as a London Council taxpayer, I certainly dont think we should be required to pay for them entirely ourselves. We already subsidise the rest of the country to a degree that goes beyond any test of equitability, and the benefits will go a lot wider than London. So yes to the games - funded in a fair way...

Surely the Olympics is managed by the stinky , corrupt politics that the French exel at. Paris is 100 to 1 on.
I live in the area that a successful London bid would clog up for years.
I hate atheletics and synchronised whatever.
Oh , did I mention that I hope London does'nt host the 2012 games?

whinge, whinge, moan, whinge, complain, grumble.....

My God we might actually get some decent infrastucture and then our credibility in grumbling might get thrown out the window...

The Olympics is a giant con. You realise that the only city to make a profit was LA? Why should the non-sports (or non-Olympic type sports) loving populace have to pay for such a giant boondoggle?

Lets hope London doesn't win the bid. I am with Pollard and Carr.

yeah, and lets abolish the royal family and all patriotic symbols and things that are not wholly utilitarian

Why bother with a sport virtually nobody watches. Now if we could only get our act together and host the FIFA World Cup we would inspire the whole country (England).

The good news is that when I went to the bookies to try and bet on "anyone except London", they didn't want my money.
Crossrail can't be ready in time, the 2005 World Athletics Championships had to be switched from London to somewhere in Scandinavia, and one of Moscow, New York or Paris has to be a more credible bid. NY would probably make it a commercially viable venture, Moscow post-communism is intriguing and Paris (where the government will spend a lunatic amount, but it will work) hasn't had a go since 1900.

On the subject of Australia as a "modern dynamic country": apart from the healthcare in the UK which is on a par with Romania, Australia is not a remote competitor to the UK. I see crowds of Aussies and New Zealanders working in London because the wages are better and the opportunities better. Olympics are nothing but a Roman "bread and circuses" government PR stunt.

"I see crowds of Aussies and New Zealanders working in London because the wages are better and the opportunities better."

Part gross generalisation, part just plain wrong. Aussies and Kiwis come to the UK primarily to see the word. Commonwealth visas and an English speaking hub on the edge of Europe and not too far from North America is the greatest pull. Most go home after a year or two. My observation is that NZers are more likely to stay as the opportunities are more limited in NZ than in Oz. (10 per cent of NZers live in Oz). This is because work opportunities are more starkly limited in NZ.

That is not to say that there are not great opportunities here. I am here after six years because I like the country and have found more interesting work.

I have no doubt, however, that my material living standards would be greater had I stayed in Australia.

The wages may not be higher there in exchgange rate terms, but you get a lot more for your money - in terms of housing, food, entertainment, and most things.

As a Sydneysider, I found the 2000 Olympics to be great fun. I recommend them.

I didn't think I would. A common reaction was that people were going to deliberately take holidays at the time just to get out of the city and avoid the inevitable chaos. As a result, transport (both public and private) were better during the Games than at any other time. Delightful. And those left behind were so determined to have a good time (I mean, more than usual for us Aussies) that it was like the whole population was on meds. I even caught a taxi driver SMILING.

So I suggest that you get the Olympics... but tell everyone how horrible they will be, so all the "bah, humbug" crowd leave the country.

Absolutely NO, if for one reason only, so that the Bloody Murdering Tony Blair doesn't get his own way for once.

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