London 2012: Tents banned from Games venues
All tents and encampments will be banned from Olympic venues to counter the threat of protests, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
Mrs May said preparations were under way for "all eventualities".
She said strict security measures would try to stop equipment being brought into venues and that police would take rapid action to remove any encampments.
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"We are also helping the police and Locog (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) to deal with the other emerging threats that have faced the Home Office in recent months, such as encampment protests."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16725467
Sea-Dog
(247 posts)waste of cash
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Unbelievable waste.
I never supported London's bid for the Olympics in the first place.
And it's also worth noting that if you want to stay in London anytime near the Olympics this year hotels are (unsuprisingly) putting up their prices by quite a lot for that time of year.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Taking wealth and well being from one part of society and transferring that to another.
LeftishBrit
(41,190 posts)plus making London a potential magnet for terrorists, and therefore resulting in a huge security/police presence, and all that this will cost. And travelling to or from London will be a major pain - I'm going to make sure I plan things so that I don't have to go to London during that time.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)
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