[news] Britain Starts Playing Pre-Olympic Event Called 'How much?!!'

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Vaughn Palmer

"Most Londoners reacted with joy when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2012 Summer Games to their city in July last year," wrote the venerable newsmagazine.

"That most Olympics lose money, often in vast amounts, was ignored in the spasm of patriotic pride. But now there is an increasingly acrimonious row over how much the Games will cost and who will end up paying for the overrun."

  


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