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"It bodes so well for 2012 and I think the whole nation is totally delighted and really proud at everything that's been achieved."

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I don't want to downplay the success of these atheletes, but notice how the media and the PM lap it up and use it as a publicity stunt to give the false illusion that:

1) They "care" about Britain.
2) They're really with the population and the common man in the street and actually Brown's quite a nice bloke who people really should vote for and like.
3) Despite the obviosuly inequalities and injusticies in our society we're all part of a Great Britain "team" even if there are far fewer winners than losers.

So while everybody gets that nationalistic "feel good" factor about Britain, the globalists are attempting to trigger WWIII whilst the nation are glued to the actually important event that is the Olympics.

Am I the only person that hates the term "Team GB" with a passion ?

What about "The British team" or is that not nationalistic or politically correct enough ? :-)
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Originally Posted by youcanhandlethetruth:
I don't want to downplay the success of these atheletes, but notice how the media and the PM lap it up and use it as a publicity stunt...

I don't have any figures to back this up, but I'm under the impression that Britain as a country invests relatively less in sport than many of the other Olympic nations and is at the moment, to some extent, punching above its weight, so to speak.

How Brown can come out and try to bask in the reflected glory of some of the athletes to whom funding is not forthcoming for modern training facilities and equipment whilst at the same time relying upon organisations such as the National Lottery to fund a lot of the sporting investment within this country is beyond me.

Oh. Did anybody mention that Camelot, who run the National Lottery are 20% owned by Royal Mail? Which is 100% owned by the government (the government awarding the licence to run the lottery to a consortium of which it holds a 20% stake is a separate issue).

So the government profit from the sale of National Lottery tickets through a 20% holding in Camelot and by selling tickets through the Post Office, and have reduced funding to UK athletes and expects the National Lottery money awards to make up the shortfall.

Is it just me or is this utter madness?
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Originally Posted by whypatcondellisntfun:
I don't have any figures to back this up, but I'm under the impression that Britain as a country invests relatively less in sport than many of the other Olympic nations and is at the moment, to some extent, punching above its weight, so to speak.

How Brown can come out and try to bask in the reflected glory of some of the athletes to whom funding is not forthcoming for modern training facilities and equipment whilst at the same time relying upon organisations such as the National Lottery to fund a lot of the sporting investment within this country is beyond me.

Oh. Did anybody mention that Camelot, who run the National Lottery are 20% owned by Royal Mail? Which is 100% owned by the government (the government awarding the licence to run the lottery to a consortium of which it holds a 20% stake is a separate issue).

So the government profit from the sale of National Lottery tickets through a 20% holding in Camelot and by selling tickets through the Post Office, and have reduced funding to UK athletes and expects the National Lottery money awards to make up the shortfall.

Is it just me or is this utter madness?

Rampant hypocrisy as well but what else can we expect
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