23/05/2008 by admin.

I apologise unreservedly to Seb Coe, London 2012, and the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

About a year ago, while still working for the Manchester Evening News, I gave Lord Coe - who was a delightful interviewee and remembered me from the Commonwealth Games - a hard time for not sending the cycling to Manchester.

I accused him of patronising us by promising a few scraps from the Olympic table when it was Manchester’s 2002 success which won London the Games anyway,

Now, as a businessman looking for work, I went to the same venue (City of Manchester Stadium where they were getting ready for Ricky Hatton’s fight) to another NWDA event about winning Olympic contracts.

It was brilliant and I now firmly believe that they are serious about spreading the work around.

Sorry.

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23/05/2008 by admin.

There’s hope for the human race!

Tamsin Dunwoody lost the Crewe bi-election horribly but, like losing London mayor Ken Livingstone before her, was extremely gracious in defeat, pointing out that her late mother would have accepted the Tory victory as a necessary feature of democracy. I wish her well.

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