Security is very worrying though. You could just walk into the Olympic village site on Portland a couple of weeks ago. The IRA planted a bomb in Brighton - much further ahead than that. No one wants another Munich, and lets face it, we have far more enemies than Germany.

England really needs its spirits lifting and the Olympics - well, we'd all love all England tocelebrate and enjoy it. You just can't help thinking that we've had a long time and spent a lot of money preparing for it, and we've got a few clots on the staff in pretty important positions. I sort of wish Paris had got it.