| When it was announced that London had
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| | government said would be created by the
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| successfully won its bid to host the 2012
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| | games. Anti-Olympians say these are
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| Olympics, the nation rejoiced. After all,
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| | unlikely to be filled by existing
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| along with the World Cup, no other
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| | Londoners, (amongst whom construction
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| sporting event brings as much pride,
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| | skills are in scarce supply), resulting
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| prestige and investment to a country.
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| | in a need for housing for incoming
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| But even before the capital was
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| | workers, which needs to be addressed
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| proclaimed winner, there were
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| | before non-housing construction projects
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| anti-Olympic organisations springing up
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| | are started. Moreover, several thousand
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| on the web. No2London2012.org,
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| | jobs will be displaced from the southern
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| HackTheBid.org and
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| | Lea Valley, currently an important home
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| CriticalMassLondon.org.uk all tried in
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| | for much-needed "bad-neighbour"
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| vain to stop London from being successful
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| | businesses which cannot easily find
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| in their Olympic bid. Their reasons were
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| | alternative sites. And finally,
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| varied; they claimed that construction
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| | anti-Olympic campaigners said that the
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| work associated with Olympic sites in the
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| | Olympic bid had been imposed from above
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| Lea Valley would destroy, or make
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| | without adequate public consultation
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| unavailable for several years, a large
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| | about its cost, environmental and other
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| number of existing quality football
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| | impacts for the city as whole.
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| pitches which local people use
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| | However, despite all this, the London bid
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| intensively, and that there was no
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| | was successful, and the games must go on.
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| guarantee that the new or "improved"
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| | The 2012 logo didn't impress everyone,
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| sports facilities developed for the
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| | but though many of the protesters'
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| Olympics would be later available to
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| | complaints may have been valid, few can
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| local people for free or at a reasonable
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| | deny that hosting the Olympic Games will
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| cost.
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| | bring many advantages to London and the
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| They also pointed out that the games will
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| | rest of the UK. The cash injection should
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| result in a cost to London council tax
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| | certainly improve what are deemed
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| payers of £875 million; money which
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| | socially and economically deprived areas;
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| Londoners need for more pressing
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| | and with thousands of spectators
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| priorities like schools, transport,
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| | converging on the capital, shops,
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| housing, health and other public
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| | restaurants and hotels in London, will
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| services. Green arguments were also put
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| | enjoy a massive boost in business.
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| forth; they claimed that the Olympic
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| | Like it or not, the Olympics are coming
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| sites would destroy several valued
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| | to London, so you might as well take
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| wildlife areas such as Bow Back Rivers
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| | advantage of the world's biggest sporting
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| and Bulley Point, which the public have
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| | event in your back yard - after all, it's
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| supported by conservation work over many
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| | been over half a century since it's come
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| years.
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| | to British soil, and it could be another
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| Campaigners were also unimpressed by the
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| | 50 years until it comes back.
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| predicted 7000 new jobs that the
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