Empty Seats at Olympic Venues.

Following complaints yesterday (28/7/12) the London Organising Committee Olympic Games (LOCOG) who organised the 2012 Olympic games are investigating why a number of seats were left empty at opening events at the Olympic games. What appears to have happened is that the empty seats were accredited seats set aside for sponsors who understand that at the Olympics the sport is merely the side-show. This happens at every Olympic games so the investigation just seems to a response to members of the public who tried and failed to buy tickets to Olympic events contacting the media to complain. Of course as the investigation progresses it could grow into something Britain uses to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reduce the number of tickets given to corporate sponsors.

On that theme yesterday (28/7/12) a state organised protest group calling themselves the "Counter Olympics Network (CON)" held a small and peaceful protest against the corporatisation of the Olympics in Mile End close to the Olympic village. Of course when the British state says it is opposed to corporate involvement in the Olympics what it means is that it wants the removal the private enterprises that make up the space between government and private family life known as civil society so the Olympics becomes purely a government on government event.


09:20 on 29/7/12.