Ascent of Man. |
By starting now we can make sure the value in some cases is immediate, |
Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty, |
Each is a shared memory for people of different ages, ... It's fashionable -- almost compulsory at the TV festival -- to knock the number of repeats on TV and blame the laziness of broadcasters. But I believe there is a real public service in keeping these memories alive. |
I am giving local authorities the power to run licensing regimes in their own areas. They have the local knowledge, the know-how and are accountable to the local electorate. |
I am not willing to turn a blind eye to this and have agreed with the Gambling Commission that we should crack down on advertisers and publishers who knowingly break the law. |
I believe it can leave us with a legacy of more choice, for more people, than anywhere in the world. |
I could not be more determined and robust about this. I want more children to play cricket and to have the chance to compete. I want them playing on the correct pitches with hard balls and proper headgear. |
I want companies to be champing at the bit for the chance to share in the 2012 experience. But they need to understand the big picture now and how they can get involved - and that's where this summit comes in. |
It can grow to £100bn by 2012 with action on skills, quality and investment. But we must start now. |
It makes people very proud. It was a lovely event and reminds everyone that when we won the games, it did not just matter on July 6, but that it will go on mattering to London. |
It would be completely inappropriate in view of this appalling tragedy, |
It's clear that some adverts are breaking the law, |
Just as forever those who lost their lives will be remembered as part of the Olympics and the Olympic dream that will take us through to 2012, so too will the fortitude, solidarity, strength and resilience of London and Londoners see us through the next seven years until the games begin in 2012. |
Just as the following day (after London's win) more than 50 families were robbed of the people that they loved in the terrorist attacks on London, so too was London robbed of its continuing celebration, |