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Australia has been there, done that......

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Feeling confident are we Moog.....does this mean that you are peeking through the windows of Raffles Hotel as we speak....?

Looks good for London considering last weekend's timely demonstration of competent crowd control/organisation/security- Tennis/cricket/G8 concert etc. The judges couldn't have missed all that. I'm very proud the 2010 winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver/Whistler. Having said that, Oz put on a great event, with fantastic results. Good on 'em!

I can't see London getting the nod over Paris as there appears to be this 'promise' made to Paris after they agreed to take their foot off the gas in the campaign which saw Athens win, that they would be given preference in 2012.

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According to the Bookies it looks like a near thing but with the amount of wonga,prestige and national pride involved no doubt every trick in the book will have been attempted.

For the time being lets just wait and see (wanna bet?.........my nag is still running)

Looking on the plus side however it would sure be one ###### of a regeneration of Stratford and the lower Lee Valley areas (east end mate..east end) and with the amounts being waved about ...anything up to £5 billion pounds,not including Crossrail (est £12 B)we might even get a little railway line one day....that works.

It is gonna be very very close

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So has London... twice before.. .

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It is gonna be very very close

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Except london have been being very french toward the er... french... Very ungentlemanly of our lot.

Against the Frogs ? You're forgiven

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Congraulations London.

I certainly got excited - over-excited in fact.

Spot on Moog! Bloody Frogs needed to be taken down a peg or 3.

Wish I'd had a flutter on it now...

HHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUURRAAAHHHHHHHHHH. still won't go there though

Congratulations flooded in from all over the world.

Canada,USA,Germany,Denmark,Sweden,Norway,Belgium,Holland,Thailand,Australia,New Zealand and even France said well done.

Siam Superfly said' You'll get whitewashed'

Well done London I will definately go to that Olympics. Congrats to the Brits.

Lampie will probably expect the Poms to top the medal count now.....home ground advantage and all that.....

Madrid and NYC really had no chance....considering the terrorist actions there....I am sure that weighed on the minds of the officials....

Anyway Congrats to the Poms......you finally won something....

congrat for londoner , et UK

Bambi

Lampie will probably expect the Poms to top the medal count now.....home ground advantage and all that.....

Madrid and NYC really had no chance....considering the terrorist actions there....I am sure that weighed on the minds of the officials....

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And why not ? now that Darts,Snooker,Shove-halfpenny,Cribbage,Dominoes,Bat & Trap,Skittles,Bar Billiards,Morris Dancing & Croquet are included.

From a commonwealth Canadian - CONGRATS London!

As a Londoner my question is who is going to pick up the bill....

Apart from that I think it's great and should regenerate a very run down part of London.

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oh you mean Hackney Marshes ?

wonder what all the visiting athletes will make of the area ?

low life boondocks area !!

Freds Cafe will be doing a roaring trade in greasy brekkies !!

the red arrows went past my work window a cpl of minutes after the announcemt, trailing red white & blue smoke... nice

I think Anti-Chirac sentiment put us over the top!! Good to see us get the games - will be good for England!!!

Lampie will probably expect the Poms to top the medal count now.....home ground advantage and all that.....

Madrid and NYC really had no chance....considering the terrorist actions there....I am sure that weighed on the minds of the officials....

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Don't forget the Senior's Rock and Film Quiz - I understand secret training in this event has been going on in several countries for the last couple of weeks.

Congratulations London and Lampy.

I'd like to go. How much will a hotel room in London cost in 2012?

Lampie will probably expect the Poms to top the medal count now.....home ground advantage and all that.....

Madrid and NYC really had no chance....considering the terrorist actions there....I am sure that weighed on the minds of the officials....

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Don't leave off Aunt Sally! (top notch game and no one dare get a BLOB)

Been stuck in a meeting all afternoon and just heard the news...... well well who would have thought it...

As I mentioned earlier one of the advantages of a project like this is that we might just about ...one day....get a wee railway line that might work.....

The Chinese have built a mag lev that will take their visitors from Shianghai airport into town at 300 miles an hour but dont think theres much chance of that ..but...u never know....

Incid someone mentioned who will pay the Bill...answer...we will ...as well as a contribution from central goverment.(estimated total outlay give or take the odd sov. @ £50 Billion quid)

Believe that all us "appy Londoners (although located in England its not really english) will be seeing our rates bill go up by approx £20 a year as a contribution which in comparision to the whole adventure is peanuts.....wot .....more than ha bt...ha bt..

Anyway Great result and will put us exactly where we should be and that of course is.....On TOP of The World

I'd like to go.  How much will a hotel room in London cost in 2012?

About £2012 per night

Can we get it right though there was the Dome The London Eye then the Milleniam Bridge and what a balls up we made of them I think it will be a embarresment but who knows what can happen is 7 years enough time. At least the French did not get it.

Can we get it right though there was the Dome The London Eye then the Milleniam Bridge and what a balls up we made of them I think it will be a embarresment but who knows what can happen is 7 years enough time.  At least the French did not get it.

We didn't make a mess of the Commonwealth Games. That was a huge success. And yes, at least the Frogs didn't get it

mr BoJ