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There were mass demonstrations today against the torch relay and rightly so in my opinion.

Im sure it was Tony Blair's government that asked the England cricket team not to play Zimbabwe in the world cup and as such, England forfeited the match did they not? For them to come out and argue now that sport and politics are two separate entities is totally hypocritical.

China has a shit record on human rights, its totally appalling. They are also the hosts of the Olympic games this summer. We dont have to like them, but for us to withdraw our team is probably unfeasible. So we can co-operate without endorsing either the games or the country itself.

Allowing the torch to parade is effectively endorsing the country and its policies on human rights. We can compete, have a cordial relation with them but to allow them to parade is shocking and it was asking for trouble.

I am glad it totally fucked up and went arse over tits.