http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons Comments on 'become the patron of a London community sports club. I will work with the club over the years as the Olympics approaches in 2012 to support their development and raise their profile' en-gb team@pledgebank.com hourly 2 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_1021362 The city of Sydney is still spending $100,000,000 every year to maintain the stadia built for their olympics (they haven't finished paying the cost of building the things either, but that's another debt, Greece spent $12Bn on the Olympics. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_547903 What, is this thing still rumbling on? Blimey. Glad to see Mr Blair has had massive impact on whatever sports club he chose. Does anyone know which club this might've been, perchance? Half the land still isn't bought, some of what has been bought now appears to include a nuclear waste dump and there are the inevitable fears about leakage of that stuff, Tony's mate Gordon's decided he wants an extra 17.5% of the pie (and no-one connected with the bid thought to ask him when they were costing it up? Scandalous), an extra couple of billion's got to be spent on construction (let alone security). See why we didn't want this, Edmund? Come to London an see if you can feel the enthusiasm of a nation united under the flag of sports... http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_546377 Perry Why will 10 names not be there? http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_254227 Peter Mandelson(Edmund) You lost.So did Blair.10 names in all will not be there... http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_250594 i came on this site to find out about the publics comments on the 2012 olympics and instead, felt like i was interupting a political argument, grow up people this is not a chat site http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_121776 Sorry no comment. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_118996 Come on Edmund, ***spoiler alert*** surely? What part of Coventry is in London? In what part of the pledge does Tone deign to support (or rather, get other people to support) any other region? No doubt you'll be expecting Mr Moorcroft to take his pledge off at the last moment, too, once he reads the pledge again and thinks: "D'oh! I signed teh wrong pledge" (i.e. one that has no intention of spreading the love (and the public-purse trough) as far as "every region". Don't people in the regions realise this is the London olympics and only London business will benefit? Sorry, athletes. And businesses, mainly the businesses. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_118987 Through my job as Chief Executive of UK Athletics and as President of my club, Coventry Godiva Harriers, I pledge to do all I can to help my sport raise the levels of performance in every event, every age group and every region by 2012. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_108331 .... http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_108321 Oh great. Now we've got a UKIP loony putting his two penn'orth in. Weird, isn't it, how these fringe political 'events' (that might just drag in a little 'good news' for the powers that be...) get noticed by you and me, the cynics, and the lunatic fringe, like this clod? Weird thing is, if this extends at all, I'll be voting in favour, just to piss him off... 'Wonderful to see the free Europe acting in concert...' Bloody Guardian reader - I should be shot. And I'm only saying that because I know it'll annoy Edmund. Love to you all. B xxx http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_108127 Um... You what? Can someone translate Tom Hart's comment from ranting incoherence into English for me? Long day at work, I'm obviously missing something. Tom? who are "they", and exactly what has the IOC to do with the EU? http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_108016 London won nothing at all. The bid was awarded to London in the hope of creating even more multiculti,PC,drivel. The EU will have its way in everything, regardless of which way the votes go on anything. Awards like this are part and parcel of the corruption that flows openly throughout the now compulsory EU we are drowning in. We will pay for this Olympics for 30 years because they will be used for ever as an excuse for more taxes to top up the EU COFFERS THAT THEY ALL SHARE IN REGULARLY. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_106932 OK, officer. Nice to know who's side the law's on... B xxx http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_106416 Evenin' officer. (Nods politely. Moves on. Goes about his business.) http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_106415 Sorry Tom *looks embarrassed* It's just so funny. He's too easy to bait. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_106414 Unlike Edmund, I actually *am* the PledgeBank police. Edmund has been warned that he should stop posting unhelpful and provocative posts, but the rest of you should know better than to feed a forum troll. Edmund, please don't post anything more on this thread or it will be deleted, and if you try again despite this polite request you'll be banned. As for the rest of you, you're more than entitled to discuss this interesting pledge as much as you like, so long as you keep the tone civil. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_106401 Silly, silly Edmund. Do you really think that would make the news? If the PM's pledge failed, his people would ensure that the news didn't touch it for fear of embarrassing their "great leader". And while you may not have made those WILDLY inaccurate comments until 3.59 this morning (do you really sit up all night trying to think of comebacks? How very, very sad.), we all know that if you had the choice, you'd be on your knees worshipping the very ground he walks on. If you don't like the comments that people have posted about Bliar, stop visiting this page. I know its your ONLY link to the outside world, but you really do need another outlet. And yes Edmund, people really do have so much time on their hands that they have some left over to "sabotage" the PM's publicity stunt. http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_105811 Scratch Ben Scratch Ben why not have a good scratch it will make you feel better.It will also benefit the young Olympians. The cards are out today. Now you guys and dolls are out of order... This is your pledgebank dont let it be used as a political platform for the anti Blair lot.All the guy wants is to support a sports club. Have I ever said this is one of the greatest Prime ministers this country has ever had? Have I ever said the country is better off than ever before.Have I made any political statement of any kind? I never informed pledgebank of this sabotage for they would maybe just take two names off the list.I know there are many more..My silly alerts have drawn attention to the problem. 10 oclock news 26th July 2006. Tony Blair today failed to complete a pledge to support local sports centres with 100 other high profilers as five supporters pulled out in the last hour..... http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_103136 Dearest Edmund, I bet you really miss being the head prefect, no? 'Go away, dear chap, but, um, do tell me who on here isn't supposed to be...' Pa-the-tic. Hardly the grilling I'd have expected from the self-appointed Pledgebank police... 'Give up the names...'? Why don't you bother doing a little research? Why should I make it easy for you? Your thinly disguised desperation is loathsome. Really. Look forward to your next round of sputtering bile. Ben x http://www.pledgebank.com/Sportclubpatrons#comment_102685 God-damn, has this thing not ended yet? Nice to see Edmund's enthusiasm is still boundless, sad to see his mail-order life has yet to arrive though. Call me even more cynical than before, but since, as Mr Blair rather vainly specified, only "other PUBLIC figures" need apply, why the nonentity business and council types putting THEIR names (and job titles, aah bless) up? If you need to tell us who you are, you're not really a public figure are you? Doesn't including a few of his remaining cronies further devalue what already seems a pretty worthless pledge? (I am presuming, of course, that it's not the Ali Campbell of UB40 fame's name up there, I note that the Baroness Morgan became director of political and government relations for No.10 in 2001 at the PM's instruction, Milords Triesman and Carter are labour peers enobled by Bliar in 2004 and are not known for their independence of thought or refusal to follow the party line.) Can't say anything about the celebs (assuming the pledgers are who they claim to be), other than politics and sport aren't meant to mix. Be careful! By the way, well done Mr Blair. Even padding the thing out with your mates you've still only just about reached halfway after nearly three months. Good to see you're giving this as much care and attention as everything else you tarnish. Roll on 26th July (so we can all get a life).