At least disgraced tycoon David Ross has had the decency to resign from his position as the Mayor’s representative on the Olympic Organising Committee. Mind you, his parting words are open to interpretation: “I do not wish to distract others from the important work still to do in making 2012 the success I know it will be.” Presumably the “important work” that Lord Coe and Tessa Jowell have still to do is shoring up the funding mess they’ve created because – just like Ross – their favourite sport of all was casino capitalism.
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