Blog: Going for gold

OLYMPICS

There seems to be some surprise that the opening ceremony was "very British". What were people expecting? Mongolian hordes; Eskimo Nells?

The very pointed reference to the NHS being at the centre of British values will no doubt have gone over the head of Andrew Lansley (Secretary of State for Health) and most of the audience, who are blissfully unaware that his cunning plan is to emaciate the service so he has an excuse to privatise it on the cheap for the benefit of his "friends". A tactic Mitt Romney would have approved of along with burying the "special relationship", which he cares little for, as we have no natural resources, our armed forces are dwindling to mere crowd controllers and republicans have no use for a mon...