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Olympics Articles

Olympics in retrospect

From the political party that gave us the expression ‘watermelon smiles’, during the Olympics we got ‘leftie multicultural crap’ tweeted by Aidan Burley MP – a contrary opinion of the praised-to-the-rooftops opening ceremony. From the same end of the political...
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London 2012 – the fallout

The Olympics have in many surprising and unexpected ways been an extraordinary event. The vibrancy of the games has been amazing, from the atmosphere and the competition through to the sheer numbers of individuals from so many countries that have attended or...
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Reorganising and refreshing Whitehall

We created the Office of Communications – Ofcom to you and me – after a long pregnancy in 2003. It combined all of the previous regulators: the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission, Oftel, the Radio Authority and the...
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Attlee’s Olympics

‘May the weather be fine, the events well contested and may records be broken.’  With these words, British prime minister Clement Attlee welcomed the competitors to the London Olympics when he broadcast to the nation on 28 July 1948. ‘May they take from Britain happy...
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Better together

Better together

Aug 29, 2012 |

The Olympic Games gave an interesting backdrop to the start of the Better Together ground campaign, with Saturday...