The UK Media Daily Thread of Pre-Olympic DOOM

[Lady Whistledown]

This thread is only to be used for posting pre-Games doom and gloom, as published by our cheery national media.

Please do not under any circumstances contribute anything that may be considered to include any of the following emotions:

-joy
-anticipation
-excitement
-happiness
-optimism

Thanks

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Here we go for starters from today's Daily Dian....er..I mean Express.

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Police to sleep in 'boxes' during Olympic Games

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Olympics Lanes cause chaos on day one as motorists suffer queues

 

[Lady Whistledown]

A few bonus extra nasty points for the Daily Mail for managing to squeeze in a nice gay angle to this non-story

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174261/Olympic-shooter-forbidden-sharing-room-athlete-wife--gay-couples-share-beds.html

 

[Bladders]

I think Sky News are running a piece on Romanian pick pockets descending on London for the games tonight.

 

[skipper734]

Troops arrive in Weymouth and Portland to boost security From Dorset Echo)

 

[Questions]

The Sun.... And this really is worrying.

Olympic womens beach volleyball in cover-up shock | The Sun |Sport|Olympics

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Not quite as apocalyptic in scale as the rest, but the news that beach volleyballers may have to cover up may disappoint a few...

Olympic womens beach volleyball in cover-up shock | The Sun |Sport|Olympics

 

[Lady Whistledown]

How unlucky that the 2012 games are being held in a city so full of lethal smog, unlike the mountain-fresh airscapes of Beijing and Athens.

Olympic athletes could be impaired by London pollution, experts warn | Environment | guardian.co.uk

 

[catfish]

I did laugh when I heard a Weymouth butcher interviewed on radio 5 this morning. He'd been forced to remove a sign depicting the olympic rings made out of sausages.

He then replaced it with sausage squares instead but was threatened with legal action by Locog so had to remove that as well.

 

[skipper734]

With Olympians onboard, bus driver gets lost for four hours in traffic-snarled London | Fourth-Place Medal - Yahoo! Sports

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Australian Olympic sailing team's sails lost at Heathrow - Telegraph

Nice touch here, also by the Telegraph, which has a rolling "London 2012 Olympics Travel Chaos: Live" news ticker.

London 2012 Olympics travel chaos: live - Telegraph

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It's not just London.

Businesses throughout the Midlands have been urged to avoid three weeks of “chaos and confusion” during the Olympic Games


Firms urged to plan for Olympic 'chaos and confusion' - Latest Business News - Business News - Business - Birmingham Post

 

[vegster]

I did laugh when I heard a Weymouth butcher interviewed on radio 5 this morning. He'd been forced to remove a sign depicting the olympic rings made out of sausages.

He then replaced it with sausage squares instead but was threatened with legal action by Locog so had to remove that as well.

An unlicensed sausage could contain any form of crap such as Monosodium Glutamate, salt, and saturated fats that's before you consider the low quality of the offcuts, giblets, sexual organs and electronically retrieved meat contained therein. Nice to see LOCOG wading in to protect the public and their sponsor's, Mc Donalds.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: London 2012 Olympics: Female volunteers abandoned in crime spot in middle of the night

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It's going to be CARNAGE in Rye.

Rye Observer Comment - Observer Comment - Rye and Battle Observer

Way back in January Rye councillor and former Mayor Ian Potter predicted the Olympic Torch coming to Rye had the potential to cause chaos.

Now, looking at this week’s page three lead, his words seem to have a prophetic ring to them.

There is much to celebrate about the Olymnpics and Rye should be rightly thrilled that the Torch is coming through the town. It will be a day to remember and an inspirational moment for hundreds of local school children, who will be taking part in a parade, and we will be there to record it.

Of course, with something of this scale, it is invetiable that there will be some disruption.

But it is clear that with a little forethought, better planning and communication, and perhaps an awareness of the lay-out of the town, the impact could have been lessened and more people able to enjoy the big event.

Rye already has the infortunate reputation of being difficult for disabled and elderly people to traverse.

It would have been nice to see better communication and a degree of flexibility so that other people in the town with mobility problems could take part too.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

They're forcing people to work in Croydon.

Civil servants in Croydon to avoid travel chaos From Croydon Guardian)



Civil servants from Whitehall will work out of Croydon during the Olympics to avoid travel troubles anticipated during the Games.

Up to 150 civil servants have been moved to The Croydon Hub, run out of the government owned Southern House, Wellesley Grove, and will work there during July and August.

 

[jakarta]

They're forcing people to work in Croydon.

Civil servants in Croydon to avoid travel chaos From Croydon Guardian)



Civil servants from Whitehall will work out of Croydon during the Olympics to avoid travel troubles anticipated during the Games.

Up to 150 civil servants have been moved to The Croydon Hub, run out of the government owned Southern House, Wellesley Grove, and will work there during July and August.

Oh, the Humanity!

 

[dingodan]

It's going to be shite.

 

[JCL]

I did laugh when I heard a Weymouth butcher interviewed on radio 5 this morning. He'd been forced to remove a sign depicting the olympic rings made out of sausages.

He then replaced it with sausage squares instead but was threatened with legal action by Locog so had to remove that as well.

That's the spirit - well done Locog; we need more of this!...

 

[Questions]

They're forcing people to work in Croydon.

Civil servants in Croydon to avoid travel chaos From Croydon Guardian)




Civil servants from Whitehall will work out of Croydon during the Olympics to avoid travel troubles anticipated during the Games.

Up to 150 civil servants have been moved to The Croydon Hub, run out of the government owned Southern House, Wellesley Grove, and will work there during July and August.

Surely there is sufficient mobile housing in the area to cover this contingency.