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Interesting Phil.  As no one is actually giving any cast iron guarantee of who will pick up the tab for paying the police and armed forces, I'm beginning to think you are probably on to something there.

Apparently the G4S boss told MPs today that he is definitely still the man for the job.  He obviously intends to hang on in there, by his fingernails if necessary.

When the games are over and the media conveniently forgets about this mess, quietly and behind closed doors arrangements will be made for the poor old taxpayer to pay.  Meanwhile the people at the top will keep their well paid jobs and be awarded a bonus!!  Beyond belief.

Well they did say they would foot the bill for all this. That retired police bloke is still trying to hand that pass back and they replied with all sorts of emails about security jobs but nothing to do with the pass he has, over the weekend he kept phoning them and got nowhere. I heard on radio 2 something about American troops helping us out to.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173109/G4S-fiasco-Olympics-security-firm-seen-fee-rise-tenfold-60m.html

It should be our troops in hotels and not those G4s guys, something is wrong with this country and it makes me so ashamed to be British sometimes, i sometimes wonder are we the laughing stock of the world, something is wrong somewhere thats for sure. Most likely some of these lads have just come back from active service, time with there familys would  have been better rather than them filling in and sorting out the mess up that G4 has made of this and for them having to sleep in some steel shack, what an insult to our boys as they deserve better but they are just doing what they have been told to do and they feel a sense of duty which the same can not be said for G4 who have made a mess of things. Will they be kind enough to pay our troops, police ect, I wonder or will it be forgotten in time.

They have known about this event for a few years and have not prepared for it and the end result is this, one does wonder how other nations who have had this event how did they go about things, they may have had a few small issues but nothing like this.

Funnily enough, not only are a lot of people who have applied and been trained not being told where to turn up, but it also appears that people employed by G4S already as event stewards (at arenas and stadiums) are NOT being used because (if what I was told by one is correct) G4S will not provide them with additional training as it MIGHT mean they want higher wages when going back to doing normal stewarding jobs. 

I do stewarding and you get paid for the JOB you are doing NOT for the qualifications you have.

Yes Phil - right there.

Who negotiated this contract with G4S is what we really want to know now and the finer details of the contract.   Media looking for headlines won't approach it from that angle and it will all be swept under the carpet, me thinks.

The other thing to consider is the many other contracts with private companies that have been entered into for Olympic services, presumably along the same lines,with no penalty for failing to provide the agreed service.

Time will tell.

I heard my first G4S  joke yesterday.

Q:  How many G4S security guards does it take to change a lightbulb?

A:  4 soldiers and a police officer.