joz8968

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What a ****ing mess. If they insist on throwing c.£2M down the drain, couldn't they at least try to be a bit more bloody creative about it!

Seems to get worse year after year. Or at best, exactly the same as previous years.

It's highly inadequate.


Plus, terrorists miss out on the ideal opportunity to blow up the seat of UK political power.

alcazar

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All that money, spent on....yep...London again.

What they waste on that place would run a small town hospital for a year......

Someone...please...atom bomb London, preferably while parliament is sitting!.

Felix.

i'd love to see one year, London just using a box from Tesco's

Martin2005

Seemed like a lot of people there who would not agree with you

f1_fan

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Sydney does it better, much better

RA Dunk

Seeing London consists of mainly foreigners, I would move it else where. A different city every year, at least let everyone have a part in it.

Jamie

joz8968 Lighten up you miserable git

Jamie

ffs joz got have a posh ****.

Jamie

On a brighter note happy new yew

the shreksta

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move it to scunthorpe

Gear Head

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I saw some of the that and was most impressed.

alcazar

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Occurred to me last night.

Let every city that would like them buy a ticket in a lottery, the name around October.

Plenty of time for publicity, would remove some of the feeling that London and the SE get everything.

Chip

Spending nearly £4m it should be, and it's not a competition anyway.

London's display is brilliant and generates £m's every year. Hotels, restaurant's etc being full for the event which continues today with the parade through London which draws over 500,000 people.

f1_fan

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Yes, but what relevance is that to my comment? Get a hardon for London if you want, that's up to you, but as I said Sydney's is better and the weather is better too! London is an over priced rip off!

alcazar

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How about some of that revenue coming to another city? Or is that unthinkable in the UK?

Chip

Hardon for London? No, I just stated that it was a brilliant display and is an excellent source of revenue

Why you had to mention your beloved Sydney I do not know, as it has no relevance to the original post. But then you always love to slag off anything this country does don't you.

How is the event an overpriced rip off with free entry and free tube travel.

maca1983

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Surely they could put the 2 million they have wasted on fireworks to better use

f1_fan

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Just to make sure that people realise London's display is a bit of a joke compared to a proper city in a better country Wouldn't like people who might not know how good fireworks can be to be duped into thinking London is the be all and end all

PS I said London is a rip off meaning in general and it is!

RA Dunk

That's unthinkable in the UK, seeing that the UK isn't run in London (after all Brussels call our shots now) anymore maybe we can look into having a different capital city in the Uk each year to spread revenue around a bit.

Chip

Seemingly cheaper than Sydney though in recent news.

10 most expensive cities
1. Oslo, Norway $561.26
2. Zurich, Switzerland $506.45
3. Stockholm, Sweden $504.30
4. New York City, US $498.58
5. Paris, France $494.96
6. Sydney, Australia $445.64
7. London, Britain $437.40
8. Copenhagen, Denmark $429.55
9. Cancun, Mexico $426.09
10. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic $420.91


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...#ixzz2p9aFzqgg

Chip

A one way ticket to Sydney for F1fan wouldn't go amiss

f1_fan

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Have you been? Things are on paper more expensive in Australia as the standard of living is much higher, but you also get a lot more for your money. Last time I was there I stayed in the Inter Continental with a view of the bridge and harbour in a luxury suite room for £140 per night. You will never get anything like that in London for that price or anywhere near it!

f1_fan

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The real laugh is of course that out of all the cities in the UK the best New Year celebrations are in Edinburgh not London, but the politicians don't realise that as their view doesn't extend much further north than Watford

joz8968

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No.

I won't.

Chip

No , I haven't been nor have any intention of doing so. My daughter however is going out there in March for 2 months as part of her nursing degree.


As for London I go there quite a lot and can often get very good hotels at very prices if you book at the right time.

RA Dunk

Being a Jock I already knew that, but didn't want to say it in case someone got all defensive about London not having the best activities in the UK lol

Either way it makes no difference to me, just did my weekly shop and had the whole of ******* Morrisons to myself, was bloody brilliant to shop in peace without having to dodge peoples shopping trollies on food frenzies.

joz8968

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Thing is, like it or not, it IS a ruddy worldwide '*****-waving competition'!

And while the capital insists on 'taking part', then, quite frankly, the effort is embarrassing.

f1_fan

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All I am saying is you posted a list of the most expensive cities to visit, but that doesn't factor in what you get for your money and in Sydney that is a lot more than you get in London. I come from London originally (and have the misfortune to have to visit it sometimes) and have visited Sydney three times in the last 6 years so think I am fairly qualified to comment

f1_fan

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Plus the less English that are there the better so you're right let's pretend Lonodn is tops

RA Dunk

I think Joz has summed this up pretty good , it's ***** waving on an international level and we are not doing very good at it.

But never mind, now that the recession is behind us ( all three of them lol) and the UK is now a major player again on the world stage we can look forward to a very special one next year to compete with the rest of the world.