Walsall duz its bit fer th'lympic flaerm....

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"Ve hav vays of making you valk..."

These two have been charged with impersonating police officers, attempting to steal the flame and are probably doing hard labour for their stunt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S6vmqdT90g

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did anyone happen to see the clip this week, of the young lad riding his bike a bit to close to the "bubble" which resulted in him being taken to the ground with a security mans arm firmly around his neck?

And if his stunt had gone wrong, and he'd slipped and ended up under the following car, we'd have everyone screaming at the police for not grabbing him, and shifting him out of the way.

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And if his stunt had gone wrong, and he'd slipped and ended up under the following car, we'd have everyone screaming at the police for not grabbing him, and shifting him out of the way.

Due to the very actions of one of the Flamme Schutzstaffel that is what very nearly happened - watch the video - the lad entered the "cordon" travelling in the same direction as the 'motorcade' and to its offside. One of the Schutzstaffel comes running in from the lads right, pushing him in front of the lead car and knocking him off his bike.

I really have an uneasy feeling watching the behaviour of some of these Met officers - they are acting like the Chinese thugs who escorted the flame four years ago.

I appreciate that they have a 'job' to do, but this is the UK not some tinpot dictatorship, and from the wall to wall coverage of this procession it seems everyone is embracing the spectacle. Let's face it if someone is going to demonstrate about this are they going to be school kids?....

...hmmm, maybe it is a tinpot dictatorship after all?....

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For half an hour I saw no-one arguing, no-one frowning or scowling. Complete strangers chatted away happily together and everyone smiled. Perhaps that says more about the Olympic Spirit than anything else?

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kev35

It was the same here.
One minute the streets were crowded, traffic brought to a standstill.
Ten minutes later it had all gone, and you wouldn't have know anything had
happened.

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Ten minutes later it had all gone, and you wouldn't have know anything had happened.

Lets hope the 2012 London Olympic Commercial Games* is over as quickly...

*brought to you by Coca Cola, Samsung and Lloyds TSB Bank