DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

Readers of this blog will be well aware that we have serious concerns about the funding of the London 2012 Olympics, the fear being that swathes of Lottery and government grant money will be redirected from longs standing causes to prop up this sporting white elephant.

It would appear that we are in good company as once again the Private Eye “Number Crunching” comes up trumps!

• £7m – Money pledged by Gordon Brown last year for an “annual schools sports festival”
  

• £500m – National Lottery funding withdrawn so far from sports facilities to help pay for Olympics