The Olympics

Not satisfied with ripping off the taxpayers to pay for all sorts of things we do not need such as Community Support Officers, Diversity Managers and Equality Directors and failing to provide essential basic services like weekly or even twice weekly rubbish collections we now learn that various local authorities have been spending taxpayers money on tickets for the Olympics. Have these Councils gone mad? It is not even a question of inappropriateness in these economic times it is just simply inappropriate full stop for the Government or any local government to spend taxpayers' money on employee junkets of any kind. If the employees want a junket they can pay for it themselves. We taxpayers, and particularly those of us who live in London, have paid for the whole thing but instead of being given tickets at a discount and first choice in recognition of our support we have been subjected to a rationing system that has disadvantaged us. It leaves me profoundly unhappy and totally opposed to the travel and other restrictions to be imposed on ordinary Londoners whilst the Games are on.