Bill Wright wrote:
hugh wrote:

Or Yorkshire! They should have had the Olympics nationwide, using
the facilities already existing.

My main thoughts are for the small business thrown off their
premises in East London, just for a silly sport event. It's an
outrage. Bill
The Olympics are awarded to a city not a country.

Or a "region" as in the winter Olympics in France. Manchester tried twice
and failed badly in each bid - events were to be in Liverpool as well.
Sailing was to be in North Wales. Liverpool is a more attractive city and
far more famous city, having a world renowned waterfront, etc. The North
West could apply with Liverpool being the prime city and events all over the
region, inc Manchester. After Manchester's first failure they should have
opted for the North West.

But that will be decades away as the UKs next turn will be way off. But I
think it will be in the North West - but we will all be dead when it occurs.