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Originally Posted by the funk
So the Olympics won't benefit the rest of the UK?
Is the football going to be played at Old Trafford? (answer - yes)
Are athletes and spectators all going to stay in London?(answer - no. They will stay in various parts of the UK, athletes will need facilities to train on and get used to English weather', spectators and tourists will not all be able to stay in London. I am sure many will enter the country through Manchester or Liverpool and stay in the North West and travel down to see the games)
Will all the jobs go to people in London? (answer - no - A North West firm has won the tender to supply all the toilet roll for the Olympics, they will need extra staff to meet the demand.)
Is the logo any good?(answer - in my opinion its not that good, bbc website has some very good alternatives sent in by members of the public which I think are better)
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The short term injection of a bit of cash into other regions might be fine but the whole thing is basically a huge marketing exercise for London. Plus, you have to factor in the amount of money that these regions will lose - government and lottery funding has been slashed throughout the country to pay for it. Extra people might get taken on short term for low wages in some manufacturing roles (mostly jobs that are being taken by immigrants), so people from eastern european countries will flock to these jobs and then be dumped back onto the job market straight afterwards. These are not strategic benefits.