I can award no medals for the Olympic bid. The Green Party supports sport for all but the 2012 bid will not bring this about.

Ticket prices will be astronomical, £180 each, and Lottery and London Development Authority money will be diverted from other sports projects.

Londoners will be paying for it in extra council tax, possibly up to 2020. Sports facilities built for the event undoubtedly will prove to be expensive white elephants. “Promoters of mega-events have always overstated the legacy benefits to try to get the public sector on board,” says the publicly-funded Arup Report.

The economies of this bid do not add up. Remember, this project is being brought to you by the same people who brought you the Dome, only this time John Prescott is in charge.

Noel Lynch Green Party member for the London Assembly