http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sadiq-khan-west-ham-inquiry-cost-converting-olympic-stadium-mayor-retractable-seats-a7392056.html Mayor orders inquiry after cost of converting Olympic Stadium rises by £51m Installation of “retractable” seats as costs soar. There never was and never will be an "Olympic legacy", for any town or city in the United Kingdom. Except that is the continuing "legacy" of additional costs for maintenance, repairs, or as in this case, converting the Olympic Stadium to install retractable seating. The total cost of the stadium so far, is £752m, originally estimated to be £534 and which is taxpayer funded, in addition to the continual costs of maintaining or converting a number of other "white elephant" facilities around the country. The United kingdom is learning what other host nations in cities like Vancouver, Athens, Sydney and others have come to realise over the years. The whole idea of some tangibl...
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/20/ditch-jeremy-corbyn-before-too-late-sadiq-khan-tells-labour Ditch Jeremy Corbyn before it’s too late, Sadiq Khan tells Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan. According to Christina Patterson, I and the 600,000 odd other members of the Labour Party are "nutters". Patterson, is the "freelance journalist" with the constant sneering facial expression and intensely patronising attitude, often seen on the sofa in Sky News television studio, reviewing the papers. Not only are we "nutters", but we are also "mad", "insane" and "stupid" for being members of a party which, according to Patterson, is destined for political oblivion and is ensuring a "one party", (Conservative), State in this country for the foreseeable future. A party of full of "nutters" which incidentally has the largest membership of any political party in Europe, is dismissed as an irrelevance ...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/13/sadiq-khan-jeremy-corbyn-get-back-habit-winning-elections?CMP=share_btn_fb Sadiq Khan calls on Corbyn to 'get Labour back in the habit of winning elections' If Khan, Cox, Umunna, Cooper, Mann and a few others within the Parliamentary Labour Party really believe that Blair and his philosophy of "New Labour" policies is the only way forward, they should do the honorable thing, resign their Labour party membership and form their own political party in the same way that the "Gang of Four" did in the 1980's. 'New Labour' consigned to the dustbin of history In their own little collection of like minded souls, they can be as conspiratorial, mischievous and hostile towards each other as they choose, in the belief (probably misguided) that the media and press will still follow them around, hanging on every word they may utter, giving them air time and column inches in the vain ...