Archive for August, 2008

Olympics handover

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Watching the closing ceremony in Beijing, you cannot help but being amazed at the imagination and quality on display from the Chinese.

It was thus with some dismay I watched Boris Johnson walk in with the Beijing mayor to wave the Olympic flag. An ill-fitting suit, unbuttoned, a bad hair-do (which admittedly is par for the course with Boris).

Then came the London welcoming presentation. Unimaginative, lack of messages, badly executed.

Embarrasing.