Thousands turn out for Basildon leg of the Olympic torch relay (From Echo)

What a load of ole toffee this whole Olympic affair. People cheering the echo said in Basildon. that wasn't for the Olympic torch as it passed its cos Asdas had cut the price of 12 packs of beer and fags down 15p and the Social security housing benefits has gone up. Also cheering its the weekend on the pppiss with mums leaving there kids home alone while they go out. Come on it is Basildon !

terrysays3 wrote:
What a load of ole toffee this whole Olympic affair. People cheering the echo said in Basildon. that wasn't for the Olympic torch as it passed its cos Asdas had cut the price of 12 packs of beer and fags down 15p and the Social security housing benefits has gone up. Also cheering its the weekend on the pppiss with mums leaving there kids home alone while they go out. Come on it is Basildon !

I'm looking forward to it. A great sporting spectacle, best athletes in the world, on your doorstep.

Roll on October when all this Olympics nonsense is over , I'm sick of it already.............
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What a load of old misery guts you all are (Nebs excepted). Your ancestors would be ashamed of you. There was a time that the Olympics coming to the UK would be celebrated by all as a symbol of national pride. The above posts are reflective of a cynical and dysfunctional society, wracked with a bitter egocentrism. Shame on you!

I welcome the Olympics to the UK and all that it represents. As the torch passed through Basildon today it, it's bearers and entourage were cheered and welcomed. The achievement of the olympians and the adversity overcome by many of the torch bearers should be an inspiration to us all.

What an utter ****-up by Tony Ball i was at nethermayne by cherrydown there where no barriers to stop people crossing the road the traffic was not stopped lorrys, cars and buses where coming within feet of hitting people. I saw at least half a dozen people very nearly hit by traffic how noone was seriously injured or killed i never know there where not enough marshels or police to keep this event safe. There where young kids running backwards and fowards across the road in front of traffic and even when i saw one young steward trying to keep people back on the pavement she was totally ignored. This whole event in basildon was badly managed like i said another classic Tony Ball ****-up. Do us all a favour Mr Ball resign you could organise a drunken night in a brewrey!!!!!!!!

EchoDave wrote:
What an utter ****-up by Tony Ball i was at nethermayne by cherrydown there where no barriers to stop people crossing the road the traffic was not stopped lorrys, cars and buses where coming within feet of hitting people. I saw at least half a dozen people very nearly hit by traffic how noone was seriously injured or killed i never know there where not enough marshels or police to keep this event safe. There where young kids running backwards and fowards across the road in front of traffic and even when i saw one young steward trying to keep people back on the pavement she was totally ignored. This whole event in basildon was badly managed like i said another classic Tony Ball ****-up. Do us all a favour Mr Ball resign you could organise a drunken night in a brewrey!!!!!!!!

sorry should say "couldn't" not "could"

Nebs wrote:

terrysays3 wrote:
What a load of ole toffee this whole Olympic affair. People cheering the echo said in Basildon. that wasn't for the Olympic torch as it passed its cos Asdas had cut the price of 12 packs of beer and fags down 15p and the Social security housing benefits has gone up. Also cheering its the weekend on the pppiss with mums leaving there kids home alone while they go out. Come on it is Basildon !

I'm looking forward to it. A great sporting spectacle, best athletes in the world, on your doorstep.

Who in there rite mind cares a toss .. Boring hyped up rubbish. We got 81 people from the South entered in the games, 66 are NOT ENGLISH but hold a british passport, I find this disgusting. We have even got an African girl who won a medal for her country Sudan and cos this country gave her a british passport she can run for us. Cant you see whats happening ???

terrysays3 wrote:

Nebs wrote:

terrysays3 wrote:
What a load of ole toffee this whole Olympic affair. People cheering the echo said in Basildon. that wasn't for the Olympic torch as it passed its cos Asdas had cut the price of 12 packs of beer and fags down 15p and the Social security housing benefits has gone up. Also cheering its the weekend on the pppiss with mums leaving there kids home alone while they go out. Come on it is Basildon !

I'm looking forward to it. A great sporting spectacle, best athletes in the world, on your doorstep.

Who in there rite mind cares a toss .. Boring hyped up rubbish. We got 81 people from the South entered in the games, 66 are NOT ENGLISH but hold a british passport, I find this disgusting. We have even got an African girl who won a medal for her country Sudan and cos this country gave her a british passport she can run for us. Cant you see whats happening ???

Enlighten me, Terry, because I can't see whats happening.

@ShipShape...

Please do us a favour, don't feed the trolls.

Best thing to do is ignore him, he'll get bored if nobody jumps on his bandwaggon. That's how you do it with stroppy children.

And as a general note, the Olympic Games are not about nationality really. It is a celebration of the individual athletes achievements and rightly so.