Olympic flame will prove to be damp squib

I'M beginning to feel sorry for the Olympic flame, if not its many bearers.

During its 8000-mile, 10-week tour of the UK next summer, it will take a boat journey up Loch Ness -- what a sensational PR triumph it will be if the monster surfaces to take a peek, or even blow it out -- but that’s the least of it.

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