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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:15 PM Jan 2012

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

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London 2012: Tents banned from Games venues (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jan 2012 OP
would liked to have banned the 2012 games Sea-Dog Jan 2012 #1
Couldn't agree more dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #2
+1 T_i_B Jan 2012 #4
Its the equivalent of a money laundering scheme dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #5
Me too, to be honest LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #6
Agreed. (n/t) Nihil Jan 2012 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author T_i_B Jan 2012 #3

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
4. +1
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:21 PM
Jan 2012

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)
5. Its the equivalent of a money laundering scheme
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:32 PM
Jan 2012

Taking wealth and well being from one part of society and transferring that to another.

LeftishBrit

(41,190 posts)
6. Me too, to be honest
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 06:53 PM
Jan 2012

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.

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