The Olympics organising committee could take a lesson from another East London money pit
The ballots have closed for 20 million ticket applications, and the opening ceremony gets ever closer. But with just under 15 months to go, are Londoners starting to fall out of love with being an Olympic city?
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Boris' wasted three years
Has anyone been to Boris Johnson’s new “living bridge” at Waterloo? Or his “island airport” in the Thames Estuary? Perhaps you’ve tripped into one of his unearthed “lost waterways” or taken a gondola down the newly transformed “Venetian-style” Fleet River.
Royal couple bank on Boris's blue friends
So here’s what Boris Johnson billed as “London’s gift to the happy couple” – a tandem version of one of TfL’s hire bikes. There’s even a cutesy video to go with it. But what will Londoners make of this two-wheeled present?
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