£41,000,000

The Northern Monkey
The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
edited December 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Seriously? £41 million of tax payers money on the opening ceremony for the Olympics?
When the ceremony is supposed to be paid for by the Games organisers.

Days after it was announced that 2012 will be the worst year for UK finances.

Does anyone in the UK actually still give a crap about the Olympics?

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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Seriously? £41 million of tax payers money on the opening ceremony for the Olympics?
    When the ceremony is supposed to be paid for by the Games organisers.

    Days after it was announced that 2012 will be the worst year for UK finances.

    Does anyone in the UK actually still give a crap about the Olympics?

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    Yep, that could be 41 million pounds worth of public sector employees still in work. I just hope every single job created is for companies within the UK.
  • schmako
    schmako Posts: 1,982
    A poor nation trying to show its not, hahaha.
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  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    FocusZing wrote:

    Yep, that could be 41 million pounds worth of public sector employees still in work.

    Why keep lazy whiney public sector workers employed?
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Schmako wrote:
    A poor nation trying to show its not, hahaha.

    ^^How very true^^
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Briggo wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:

    Yep, that could be 41 million pounds worth of public sector employees still in work.

    Why keep lazy whiney public sector workers employed?

    Because they will still be in work not claiming JSA, still spending money and paying taxes. The money won't be going to a bunch of consultants poncing around with ribbons n sh!t.
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    FocusZing wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:

    Yep, that could be 41 million pounds worth of public sector employees still in work.

    Why keep lazy whiney public sector workers employed?

    Because they will still be in work not claiming JSA, still spending money and paying taxes. The money won't be going to a bunch of consultants poncing around with ribbons n sh!t.


    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers
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  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    Personally I think we should turn fiction into fact, kidnap a Princess and have the PM f**k a pig live on air. It would have better viewing figures than the Olympics and cost a lot less. Plus the RMT and C**k face Crow wouldnt be able to demand another £1000 for their staff to actually turn up for work.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Pudseyp wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:

    Yep, that could be 41 million pounds worth of public sector employees still in work.

    Why keep lazy whiney public sector workers employed?

    Because they will still be in work not claiming JSA, still spending money and paying taxes. The money won't be going to a bunch of consultants poncing around with ribbons n sh!t.


    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers

    Some public sector workers have striked, for one day. When public sector workers are made redundant or staff not replaced, that's more people contributing to the 2.6 million already trying to find work.

    In terms of public sector workers getting paid less and having to put more into pensions, I agree with that policy from Cameron. It was an untenable situation which should never have been implemented in the first place.

    Brown was feckless not seeing the potential problems up ahead, instead of saving for a down turn he goes and gives salary increases pretty much across the board to public sector workers. "No more boom and bust"; naive arrogance.
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    FocusZing wrote:

    Brown was feckless not seeing the potential problems up ahead....

    I read that as "Brown was feckless not seeing the potential plumbs up on his head".... could have been correct.
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:

    Brown was feckless not seeing the potential problems up ahead....

    I read that as "Brown was feckless not seeing the potential plumbs up on his head".... could have been correct.

    Never a truer word said:¬)
  • uk_mr_brownstone
    uk_mr_brownstone Posts: 343
    Pudseyp wrote:

    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers

    Trading standards, teachers, social workers, carers, library workers, bin men etc are all 'bureaucratic pen pushers'?

    dailymailland really is a depressing place!
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Yet over in the Strike thread people are still banging away with "The cuts are inevitable, there isn't any money to spend". Easy to believe things you want to believe even when it's obvious cobblers, I guess.
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  • uk_mr_brownstone
    uk_mr_brownstone Posts: 343
    Northwind wrote:
    Yet over in the Strike thread people are still banging away with "The cuts are inevitable, there isn't any money to spend". Easy to believe things you want to believe even when it's obvious cobblers, I guess.

    There's loads of money lying around on balance sheets EVERYWHERE. The ultra-liberal (economic, not social), corporation capitalism that we follow means that the ultra-rich (individuals, companies, corporations, whatever) still have masses of capital, it's just that no-one wants to spend it right now!

    Fair play to the politicians (with the help of murdoch and the other media ultra-corps), they are making us believe that it is our fault for wanting a decent NHS, for wanting our elderly to have a decent retirement and be cared for when needed and wanting reasonable educations. I agree that many of us overspent (not me personally) on credit but that is exactly what our economic system encouraged!!!
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    uk_mr_brownstone wrote:
    Pudseyp wrote:

    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers

    Trading standards, teachers, social workers, carers, library workers, bin men etc are all 'bureaucratic pen pushers'?

    Yeah, and they all bum babies too.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Briggo wrote:
    uk_mr_brownstone wrote:
    Pudseyp wrote:

    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers

    Trading standards, teachers, social workers, carers, library workers, bin men etc are all 'bureaucratic pen pushers'?

    Yeah, and they all bum babies too.

    I know it's CC, but have a bit of self respect.
  • Briggo
    Briggo Posts: 3,537
    FocusZing wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    uk_mr_brownstone wrote:
    Pudseyp wrote:

    Will they bollox.....they will be on strike crying about pensions....they should invest it into industry creating "real" jobs rather than bureaucratic pen pushers

    Trading standards, teachers, social workers, carers, library workers, bin men etc are all 'bureaucratic pen pushers'?

    Yeah, and they all bum babies too.

    I know it's CC, but have a bit of self respect.

    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    I know few racist inside jokes.
  • 77ric
    77ric Posts: 601
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    77ric wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.

    I guess this means I need to stop using the "tighter than a baby's vag" similie then...
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  • 77ric
    77ric Posts: 601
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.

    I guess this means I need to stop using the "tighter than a baby's vag" similie then...


    Only if you feel you have too. I am aware of the inside joke and it's rather unfortunate timing.
    Fancy a brew?
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    77ric wrote:
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.

    I guess this means I need to stop using the "tighter than a baby's vag" similie then...


    Only if you feel you have too. I am aware of the inside joke and it's rather unfortunate timing.

    In truth, it has nothing to do with any "inside jokes" (...though depends on your definition of 'inside').

    What's the deal with this anyway? Some dicksplash tamper with a baby for real?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Briggo wrote:
    Why keep lazy whiney public sector workers employed?
    Saves having to execute them.
  • 77ric
    77ric Posts: 601
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.

    I guess this means I need to stop using the "tighter than a baby's vag" similie then...


    Only if you feel you have too. I am aware of the inside joke and it's rather unfortunate timing.

    In truth, it has nothing to do with any "inside jokes" (...though depends on your definition of 'inside').

    What's the deal with this anyway? Some dicksplash tamper with a baby for real?


    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3976244/One-month-old-baby-raped-and-battered.html
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    77ric wrote:
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    77ric wrote:
    Briggo wrote:
    It's an inside joke that only cool people know about, clearly you aint cool.


    Or you aren't aware of the arrest of a man and a woman over the weekend, on the suspicion of the rape of a 1 month old baby boy. Which is what I think FocusZing was getting at.

    I guess this means I need to stop using the "tighter than a baby's vag" similie then...


    Only if you feel you have too. I am aware of the inside joke and it's rather unfortunate timing.

    In truth, it has nothing to do with any "inside jokes" (...though depends on your definition of 'inside').

    What's the deal with this anyway? Some dicksplash tamper with a baby for real?


    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3976244/One-month-old-baby-raped-and-battered.html


    I don't read anything from The Sun (scum of the highest order). I'll take a guess from the link title though.
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  • adiggers
    adiggers Posts: 67
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Seriously? £41 million of tax payers money on the opening ceremony for the Olympics?
    When the ceremony is supposed to be paid for by the Games organisers.

    Days after it was announced that 2012 will be the worst year for UK finances.

    Does anyone in the UK actually still give a crap about the Olympics?

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    only 40mill pfft,they pumping 40 billion into the euro this year
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    It's not only 41 million, it's an extra 41 million on top of the planned spend (which included a big contingency fund which they're now saying isn't big enough) Total budget was 9.3bn but it's anyone's guess how far over it's going to be.
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  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    Northwind wrote:
    It's not only 41 million, it's an extra 41 million on top of the planned spend (which included a big contingency fund which they're now saying isn't big enough) Total budget was 9.3bn but it's anyone's guess how far over it's going to be.
    And it will still be crap, there'd be better off putting up big screens and re running the opening of the beijing olympics
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    chez_m356 wrote:
    Northwind wrote:
    It's not only 41 million, it's an extra 41 million on top of the planned spend (which included a big contingency fund which they're now saying isn't big enough) Total budget was 9.3bn but it's anyone's guess how far over it's going to be.
    And it will still be crap, there'd be better off putting up big screens and re running the opening of the beijing olympics

    I happen to know that the opening ceremony will be James cordon bodypopping to a medley of Take That hits. 41 million is for his buffet he's specified on his rider
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  • delcol
    delcol Posts: 2,848
    we will end up like greece,, and other countries that have folded across europe,, by the end of next year....

    the good old tories....

    as for public sector workers, they ok.. they pay me to ride bikes and sit on this forum all day.....
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  • MarcBC
    MarcBC Posts: 333
    I suppose we should all ignore the potential £10-£20bn* in revenue the games are due to generate for the UK then. If we are going to dig at the Olympics, at least do it with some balance.

    *internet search: Londontravels.co.uk and Londontravels.com

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