So I'm in London at  2012, why haven't I mentioned the Olympics?
Well there is the  certain knowledge that for every poor bastard actually trying to make a living  in London costs will go up 100%
Then there is the  feeling that, as usual, the rest of the country is being fleeced to spend money  in London (the promised net + spend of the Olympics in rest of UK was something  like 8bn, transpires via Channel 4 Dispatches documentary it is more like net  loss of 4bn from rest of country to London)
Then there is the  Olympic only traffic lanes which can't be used by emergency services.
And the London  Olympics merchandise, 90% of which is sourced from outside this country.
But my favourite fact,  supporting a suspicion this is Olympic project was intended all along for an  international 1% elite completely out of touch with reality.
They invited one of the  most famously deceased musicians in music, dead since 1978, to play at the  ceremony
Great Olympic  information can be found in Harry Shearers brilliant Le Show, a new Orleans  resident with no regional UK chip on his shoulder, (unlike me) in his segment
"The Olympics, A  Movement, And We All Need One, Every Day"
 
 
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