2012 Olympic boycott starts here

I think it's despicable that London have been awarded the Olympics in 2012 and there is a litany of reasons why we should boycott this event:

- The UK, financed under Gordon Brown's watchful eye, conducted an illegal war in Iraq, killing thousands of innocents in the face of international disapproval all based on 'known unkowns' and dodgy evidence

- Britain has shown tacit approval of human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay by not using their "special relationship" with the US to close it down.

- Britain is commited to rebuilding its arsenal of nuclear weapons despite signing up to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty which obliges the country to disarm.


- Money is being taken from youth groups, charities and sports bodies up and down the land to fund the event with no evidence that a future benefit will be realised for these bodies.




So forget Beijing 2008 for the moment and sign up now to boycott London 2012.


My point in this distinctly tongue-in-cheek post?

Well, as much as I think David Milliband and Gordon Brown need to show some backbone and come out with a clear position with regard to our relationship with China, the protesters and those in favour of a boycott of Beijing 2008 have to be very careful of hypocrisy.





EDIT: Well, upon hearing the news that Gordon Brown is boycotting the Beijing Games but wasn't planning on going in the first place, I have decided to take the tongue out of my cheek as I, similarly, didn't mean to put it there in the first place.




So now that my post is vaguely serious, I thought I had better back it up with something.




So, to that end, please feel free to sign my petition - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Boycott2012/DUHlaMBwBrtKAwVjpvAgq9a

(Please note that it first has to go to the "Number 10 team for approval". Personally, I don't fancy its chances)

For the record, my petition is highlighted in italics in this post.