If you have any remaining shreds of doubt that Tony Blair’s Labour Party is dedicated to unecessary meddling, read this:

“A minister for the Olympics could be appointed as part of the summer reshuffle, to increase London’s chances of securing the Games in 2012.”

The Olympics are not only dull, corrupt and riddled with hubris, they are a blight on any city on which they descend. If he possessed any commonsense, Blair would appoint a minister to save London from this menace. Meanwhile, Nurse Bloomberg, a man on a mission to make life in New York City as miserable as possible, is doing his best to bring the revolting Olympics spectacle to the Big Apple. No surprises there. Hopefully, neither man will prevail.

Go, Paris, go!