‘If you haven’t already, do gasp in appalled amazement at the extraordinary list of demands – as revealed in the most recent Spectator – imposed on Britain by the International Olympic Committee for 2012. Besides 250 miles of private “Zil lanes” and 1,800 top class hotel rooms for the IOC nomenklatura, it includes 500 air-conditioned limos (drivers to wear hats and uniforms) and a police-enforced ban (paid by you, the taxpayer) on any advertising not sanctioned by the IOC (up to and including, say, your kid turning up to watch the games in a Man U shirt with commercial logos on it). Suddenly, all those rock stars with their Spinal Tap-style riders demanding kittens in the dressing room and bowls of Smarties with all the orange ones removed seem like models of restraint.’ James Delingpole
Athletes optional……
