On Tue, 25 May 2010 19:35:29 +0100, "Peter Smyth"
wrote:
"Stephen Furley" wrote in message
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On 25 May, 17:14, MIG wrote:

I've met a person who thinks that having the Olympics in London is a
good idea. So that's at least 651 odd people ...- Hide quoted text -

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What percentage of the population would you say were in favour of the
Games? I certainly don't have any accurate figures, but the
impression I've got from hearing people talk about them is that it's a
minority, and not a very large one; probably less than 20%. Most
people seem to think that they're just too expensive.

75% of the UK actually.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-2012-games.do


Of course no-one would have told the people being asked what the
Olympics will have cost them. Before asking the question, it would be
instructive to tell them that an average household in the UK has had
£400 taken from them for this festival of greed.

Perhaps they should be asked "As a taxpayer, on what would you like to
see £10.6 million of your money spent?"

I doubt the Olympics would appear in the top half of the answers. And
most of the respondents would prefer the money to be spent somewhere
other than London.