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I always preferred Ovett to Coe and now I remember why: Olympic perfidy continues

By , Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 2 Comments

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I realise outside London the row over the route for the 2012 marathon doesn’t butter many parsnips with those who prefer my metropolitan-bashing tendencies. Comrades, bear with me one more blog on this subject. I bring news: Locog are not being straight on their reasons for seeking to move the route out of East London. Read more »

Olympic-sized betrayal

By , Thursday, 23 September 2010, 16 Comments

I’m starting a campaign here, now. Please join. It’s this: Together we can shame the organising committee of the 2012 Olympic Games – Locog – into doing what they promised when we won the Games: That the marathon would go through east London and like all Olympic marathons end in the athletics stadium. They are on the point of betraying their promises and the people of east London and they can and must be stopped. Read more »

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