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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 07:44:28 am »
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/commonwealth-games-regional-victoria-scrapped-daniel-andrews/102613718
The price tag has become too big, so it is off.
Are these massive events a benefit to society or not? The legacy benefits of the 2012 London Olympics didn’t seem to continue for very long, certainly shorter than predicted.
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Jaded
The Codfather
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Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 08:03:51 am »
It hasn’t been completely cancelled, Victoria have said they won’t host it.
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Cudzoziemiec
Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 09:04:33 am »
Hasn't the Commonwealth got a cash-rich nation with a dodgy image it wants to whitewash? I think Kuwait used to be part of the Empire, maybe they could be persuaded to join?
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T42
Apprentice geezer
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 09:32:05 am »
Hell, they could probably buy title to the Commonwealth, along with a square metre of land in Scotland, for £3.50 into the right Tory kitty.
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LittleWheelsandBig
Whimsy Rider
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 12:39:53 pm »
Good luck finding somebody else to step in at this late stage.
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pumpkin
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 12:43:18 pm »
perhaps a member of the HoL who may be a russian Oligarch (or have links to them) and is a good friend of a recent PM could assist
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Kim
Timelord
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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18 July, 2023, 12:47:39 pm »
I'm fairly sure the legacy of the 2022 Games consists of The Bull; some shrink-wrap (in a colour-scheme that won't degrade through years of exposure to pollution, because it looked like that when new) to hide the worst of the city centre brutalism; and
a car park in Sutton Coldfield
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(Ha ha only serious. I believe they also upgraded the facilities at Alexander stadium and the Sandwell Aquatics centre.)
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rogerzilla
When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: 2026 Commonwealth Games cancelled
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02 August, 2023, 08:45:25 am »
To quote one of the Stoneybridge councillors after their failed Olympic bid:
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What about the Commonwealth Games?
They're
crap.
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LittleWheelsandBig
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04 August, 2023, 02:04:50 pm »
The 2030 Commonwealth Games might be also.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-04/canada-alberta-abandons-bid-2030-commonwealth-games-cites-costs/102688974
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