London’s Olympics are a workers’ curse
The Olympics also show that where there is no competition there is no freedom of speech, and bureaucracy triumphs. There was the restaurant that had to remove the O from its name and call itself Lympic instead. Less well known is the fact that all sponsors have had to get International Olympic Committee approval – a process that takes three or four weeks – for every tweet they send out. I know one person who has submitted 2,000 tweets covering every eventuality, and so this week will be able to start tweeting with impunity such things as “Having a great time in Olympic Village despite the rain!” or “The sun is shining down on a lot of happy people in Olympic Village!!”
