tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post6848908495905472593..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: What Did the Olympics Ever Do For Them ?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39483023372371285732009-12-31T13:27:53.838+00:002009-12-31T13:27:53.838+00:00Sie hat der ausgezeichnete Gedanke besucht cialis...Sie hat der ausgezeichnete Gedanke besucht <a href="http://t7-isis.org" rel="nofollow">cialis kaufen ?sterreich</a> cialis 20mg rezeptfrei [url=http//t7-isis.org]cialis rezeptfrei holland[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-62145339811056795272009-07-31T14:47:10.762+01:002009-07-31T14:47:10.762+01:00And what pray happens to all these workers in Sept...And what pray happens to all these workers in September 2012? What we will have is a large number of buildings etc. that will have high maintenance costs, plus ongoing liabilities. If we are lucky there may be a handful of medals to wave about, at possibly the cost of a billion quid each.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60548316325704362022009-07-31T14:28:33.278+01:002009-07-31T14:28:33.278+01:00cosmic - agreed, the weasels are many
downhill sk...<b>cosmic</b> - agreed, the weasels are many<br /><br /><i>downhill skiing</i> <b>Kev</b> ? Actually some downhill skiers leave <i>in</i> a box<br /><br />actually only half that, <b>Mr R</b>: 3315*9%*51%<br /><br />all very depressingNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59795806277778527602009-07-31T12:12:08.248+01:002009-07-31T12:12:08.248+01:00You only have to be on the A2 at 6.00am to experie...You only have to be on the A2 at 6.00am to experience the white van rush from the south...<br /><br />Just the same when the Dome was pouring money into Nulab's vanity.Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87606150117833698032009-07-31T10:21:26.076+01:002009-07-31T10:21:26.076+01:00Two construction firms, in the local area that I k...Two construction firms, in the local area that I know of have had no work from the project.They applied many times They are within 5 miles. Currently surviving on doing up school bathrooms, while all their heavy plant sits idle.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7470337054967918172009-07-31T09:49:31.659+01:002009-07-31T09:49:31.659+01:00It's quite obvious that EU citizens will want ...It's quite obvious that EU citizens will want to apply for some of these jobs, given the speed at which recruitment will take place, so 'Olympic jobs for British workers' looks pretty unlikely.Letters From A Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612766550608940053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49189548152848855432009-07-31T06:43:10.080+01:002009-07-31T06:43:10.080+01:00So, £9bn of Olympic funding finds temporary jobs f...So, £9bn of Olympic funding finds temporary jobs for 300 local unemployed people. That's a very expensive job creation scheme. <br /><br />Canary Wharf was also offered as the magic solution to find jobs for these local people, and to a limited extent it has; they're the cleaners and the burger flippers. The folk in the offices upstairs on the decent wages all come from elsewhere. <br /><br />Plus ca change ...Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48851202603472170862009-07-30T23:44:25.292+01:002009-07-30T23:44:25.292+01:00"9% were previously unemployed before finding..."9% were previously unemployed before finding work helping deliver the Games"<br /><br />What ? You mean downhill skiing comes in a box ?Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5020320150337857802009-07-30T23:26:05.555+01:002009-07-30T23:26:05.555+01:00The other assumption we are invited to make is tha...The other assumption we are invited to make is that when the figure rises to 11,000, the proportions of local residents etc, will remain the same.cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-35591948684676721992009-07-30T23:23:52.935+01:002009-07-30T23:23:52.935+01:00"The workforce on the Olympic park and Olympi..."The workforce on the Olympic park and Olympic village is expected to rise to 11,000 later this year, from the present level of 3,315. • 23% are local residents • 57% are from London • 9% were previously unemployed before finding work helping deliver the Games and 51% of these workers live locally"<br /><br />You have to read these things like a document put together by a devious lawyer, or the statements of the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland. They are not false statements, but neither are they true in the way you might assume. For instance, what exactly does "live locally" mean? What does "from London" mean?<br /><br />Would you expect a large construction project to take place and most of the workforce to come 50 miles to work each day, or would you expect them to put up in portacabins, caravans etc, where they might be said to be living? This living would be local.<br /><br />I must admit to being jaundiced about the Olympics, seeing it as a vanity project wasting billions at exactly the time we don't have billions to waste. I doubt that the incidental advantages will be anything in comparison to the expense.cosmicnoreply@blogger.com