And what a time it was, and what a time. Here’s a festive quiz question. What do you get if you cross Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Ali Bongo, Boris Johnson and Robert Mugabe? Answer: a VIP guest box at the London 2012 opening ceremony!
A time of innocence. A time of confidence. A time of mob-handed despots on a summer junket, so many in fact that those Games are still ranked as the second-largest gathering of world leaders ever assembled – discounting UN summits, none of which have been able to boast the humbling spectacle of soon-to-be-impeached Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff watching the Kinks get out of a taxi.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/dec/13/britain-moral-high-ground-london-2012 under the title “Why Britain cannot claim moral high ground after London 2012 | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
