Radio Star ... Again!

There was a discussion on You and Yours on Radio 4 today and they asked what we thought of the Olympics so far. I can't believe how many people are being so negative: the cycle race is coming through my town and already they have put barriers up in front of my father's house and he'll be 100 years old in three weeks ...

Anyway, I am a great supporter of the London Olympics so I wrote up; and they read out most of what I said! This is what I said:

"Dear Sirs,

I have been a firm supporter of the London Olympics from day one and whilst the seat allocations are a bit of an annoyance, they are not a major distraction are they? The security guard problem was another blip that has hardly presaged the ruination of the Games has it?

On Sunday I went to Old Trafford to watch two Olympic football games and it was a magical experience. 66,212 people were there and the atmosphere was magnificent: everyone cheered everything. Yes, there were supporters of particular teams but everyone cheered every goal, all substitutes were given standing ovations as they left the pitch.

As we all left the ground, there were probably hundreds of policemen and security guards: they really weren't needed as nothing needed controlling!

People had come from all over the world to see their own team, the opposition teams, Old Trafford itself. The standard of football was pretty high too. And for an average of £20 a game I even got to see a Brazilian team whose players are the senior Brazilian players of the future: they were an inspiration too!

Just listen to the crowds at every event on the television too: so much energy and emotion.

£9 billion will prove to have been very well spent when all of this settles down."

DW