London 2012 Olympics: Hugh Robertson vows to deliver legacy despite cutbacks
Falling at the halfway point of what promises to be a deeply difficult and unpopular Parliament, the Games could offer a distraction from the country's woes, and a unique chance to redefine the national image, domestically and in the eyes of the world It is an oft-repeated fact in sporting-political circles that no Government that has hosted an Olympics has failed to be re-elected afterwards. Some of those opportunities remain, but so deep is the fiscal hole that the new administration faces a more practical problem before it can look forward to Union Flags on the streets and a post-Games bump in the polls. How to deliver the Games that Britain promised in the face of huge cuts to the public purse?
It is a pressing quandary for the coalition and its sports minister Hugh Robertson, who came into office promising to deliver not just a world-class Games but a meaningful and abiding sporting legacy. The first part of the bargain may be easier to deliver than the second.
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