When I saw Skylace's post I thought that it'd be about the olympix, it wasn't, but this is ...
"Last Updated: Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 18:30 GMT 19:30 UK
Olympic 2012 bill 'to hit £2bn'
Celebrations in London's Trafalgar Square
London will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012
Staging the 2012 Olympics in London will cost £2bn - £500m more than stated in the bid, the government has said.
MPs were told the previous budget of £1.5bn was based on 2004 prices and did not include inflation up to 2012.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said it showed "total chaos" at the heart of the project.
But the London Organising Committee said all candidate cities had been asked to submit bids using 2004 prices and it had always expected to pay £2bn."
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4774447.stm
that was 'bout 9 months ago.
Today the UK govt estimate over 9bn.
"The budget for the 2012 London Olympics has risen to £9.35bn, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has told MPs"
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6453575.stm
It also seems that the beeb is, and not for the first time, trying to rewrite history. You will notice that in the first report the first estimate was 1.5 bn, in the second report it gives the impression that the first estimate was 2.4 bn.
jowell says that it will bring huge benefits, yea right.
Sorry 'bout that, but you'll pay up anyway ..
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