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I suspect you are the idiot child in the family...but..let's go to basics
Money was spent on olympics...it wasn't good faries who magically made it happen, nor was it donated by wealthy individuals.
Sorry to shatter your illusion.
And, that makes it relevant, if it wasn't the most appropriate way to spend the money.
As to the contracts, are you benefiting from those contracts. Or is it the same tories who benefited from the original spend, now benefiting from these contracts.
As to retailers benefiting from the Olympics? You mean the businesses who were banned from displaying anything about the olympics because it was against the olympics rules. The multi-corporation did well, but they pay a good amount of back handers to the olympic committee members.
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oh, and you must not know how it works.
The game, is to point to everything that happened that could be construed as being because of the olympics, and count that as a benefit. Even if it likely would have happened.
Politics...go figure
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well since you aren't going to bother reading any links posted before commenting i'll do it for you
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The UK economy has benefited from a £11.06 billion trade and investment boost through businesses securing contract wins, additional sales and new foreign investment.
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The £11.06 billion figure includes £130 million of contracts won by UK companies for the Brazil 2014 World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More than 60 UK companies have also won contracts for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, most of them mid-sized enterprises.
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Note the word "additional" and "new" ,these are contracts EXTRA to what would normally be expected
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“The delivery of London 2012 on time and on budget led to hosting nations turning to the UK to help deliver their own events with supply opportunities running into the billions.
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oh, and you must not know how it works.
The game, is to point to everything that happened that could be construed as being because of the olympics, and count that as a benefit. Even if it likely would have happened.
Politics...go figure
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well you obviously don't ,UKTI is an advisory dept that advises companies on foreign investment ,the figures they are quoting are from the companies that have won the contracts and signed the deals and then reported back to UKTI on the results so they are not just made up numbers by a government dept