2012: Politics & Legacy

Adrian Warner is BBC London's Olympics Correspondent:

"I don't doubt the business credentials of Mr Ross and he did well to produce a report on such a complex subject in just three weeks. My problem is that it didn't really tell us a lot new. They won't say it publically, but I know my opinion is also shared in LOCOG, the 2012 organising committee, and in the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body responsible for building the venues."

His conclusion:

"What is becoming clear is that Boris Johnson seems keen to break the political consensus which was so important to London 2012 during the bid. That's fine and the Tory mayor has every right to question the Labour government. We in the media do it all the time. But his critics will say he needs to be more across the details of the project before he opens fire."

That said, Warner thinks there's something to be said for Johnson drawing more attention to the the business of "legacy". As an Olympic borough-dweller, I agree. Read it all.

Comments

[pastyface]

I'm surely not the only one a bit tired of the talk of legacy. I thought the whole point of our bid and the subsequent win was based on the fact that the legacy was key to London 2012.

The current rewriting of history by Boris and his team is getting very old and I"m sure not only has Ken got plenty to say on the issue but so has Seb Coe and his team.

They are trying to claim a victory on legacy that has already been won. I