After London, is the security bill for Commonwealth Games necessary?
THE final taxpayers' bill for security at the London Olympics has been put at anything between £500m to £540m ("Security costs for 2014 games triple to £90m", The Herald, December 19).
THE final taxpayers' bill for security at the London Olympics has been put at anything between £500m to £540m (\"Security costs for 2014 games triple to £90m\", The Herald, December 19).
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Surely four months on from what were judged to be the most successful games ever, it must be the case that somewhere around the east end of London, there's a big cupboard stuffed full of highly refined and expensive security hardware. Why do we have to go out and buy all the same stuff again?
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After London, is the security bill for Commonwealth Games necessary?
THE final taxpayers' bill for security at the London Olympics has been put at anything between £500m to £540m ("Security costs for 2014 games triple to £90m", The Herald, December 19).
Surely four months on from what were judged to be the most successful games ever, it must be the case that somewhere around the east end of London, there's a big cupboard stuffed full of highly refined and expensive security hardware. Why do we have to go out and buy all the same stuff again?
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