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saddo
21 Dec 17 21:50
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Taxpayers will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of all that 'legacy' to come.

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By:
akabula
When: 21 Dec 17 21:54
You can't put a price on it saddo.
Much did they say it would cost?
By:
saddo
When: 21 Dec 17 22:06
No idea, but everything has a price. I expect they will underestimate the costs and overestimate the benefits as is usual in these things.
By:
alun2005
When: 21 Dec 17 22:11
The taxpayers will also be footing the unprecedented security bill which will be required to police this event.

Still, at least some halfwit politicians will be able to try and keep a straight face as they stare into a camera and trot out garbage like "We'll be highlighting the Youth and Diversity of the area".   Very much as Coventry was required to do when becoming the 'City of Culture', and as London did when becoming Olympic host.

The British taxpayer has had their fill of funding the policing of "the Youth and Diversity" of various British cities.
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:18
but they will be taking over anyway - eventually
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:26
have any of you actually been to birmingham?
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:26
it really WAS a good day and night out -    ONCE
By:
alun2005
When: 21 Dec 17 22:28
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when the BBC showed some of Coventry's pitch to be the 'City of Culture'.  It featured a young man wearing a pair of trousers with no knees in it, riding on a skateboard.

What the Shipmaning, Bradying, Huntleying hell has THAT got to do with Culture exactly?  WHY would you present an image such as that to some arbiter of what represents 'Culture?  And who on earth could be impressed with it?
By:
alun2005
When: 21 Dec 17 22:39
Sorry, that opening paragraph should have read "It featured a young man wearing a pair of trousers with no knees in it, and another riding on a skateboard".

It doesn't make Coventry any more 'cultural' for it obviously.
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:42
alun  you have no idea

I have lived there

it is VERY representative of the area

except the Foleshill Road which is very representative of another culture(s)
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:48
live in cov and find out what it is really like
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:51
this is the calibre of the sort we are trying to debate with and simply lose the argument and resort to  insults

King of Dubai    21 Dec 17 23:40 
moisik, you imbecile. You truly are an oddball of the highest order.

We are a rich country
We need immigrants to support our economy
All economies are ponzi schemes
We csn afford to take care of 9k people
Because our economy is propped up by immigrants
By:
moisok
When: 21 Dec 17 22:52
where do you think 'concrete jungle' came about and why?

The Specials.
By:
mecca
When: 21 Dec 17 23:10
Reminds me of the Spitting Image sketch (must've been in the '80s) when Birmingham bid for the Olympics..... .

Hilarious

"Bring the Olympics to Birmingham.... We got a canal and some buses and everything. Bring the Olympics to Birmingham"
By:
Capt__F
When: 21 Dec 17 23:43
jasper carrott pened the tunee roight maiote
By:
Capt__F
When: 21 Dec 17 23:44
bwing not bring
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