Saturday, September 27, 2008

Olympic Flag Flies at City Hall


Fantastic weather yesterday morning for the official flag raising on the Potter's Field. The two Olympic flags and the Union Flag were raised by our successful athletes after introductory speeches from Seb Coe, Tessa Jowell and Boris.


The Mayor was particularly keen to emphasise the limited nature of the Olympic budget. Not a penny more than the £9.3 billion already earmarked for the project, would be spent. As the flags rose, so did Tower Bridge - a nice touch.


With me in the picture is my excellent deputy, James Cleverly AM. Interesting that we are the two Conservative AMs who blog regularly.

6 comments:

weggis said...

Light Blue shirt and Yellow tie!
Are you a closet Green?

Roger Evans said...

Vote Blue Go Green!

Roger Evans said...
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weggis said...

Not while the Blues are sponsored by SITA.

weggis said...

If you are at conference, I trust you are here? I expect a report.

Climate Change: How to be Blue & Green
12.30pm-2pm
ICC, Hall 9
Organised by the Conservative Women's Organisation & Oxfam
Chair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Andrew Mitchell MP, Peter Ainsworth, Barbara Stocking (Oxfam), Tony Hawkhead (Groundwork).

Roger Evans said...

Sorry weggis - I was speaking at a fringe on the Thames Gateway, so I missed that interesting meeting.

I will post a conference report on my return.