Erm, they use (or used to) G4S up to the end of last season, as far as I'm aware they won't be doing it next season.

Part of the issue is (and I'm not excusing G4S here) is NUFC had a core of part time stewards numbering about 250 who covered the season between them, the number of stewards LOCOG have requested and the shifts meant that the regular crew shrunk to a handful in reality, G4S just wouldn't invest in employing and retaining the staff, they expected them to train for free, travel for free and more importantly sign off if they were claiming or take leave from their jobs without giving them a guarantee of hours/pay.

Oh I know that. You'd think that would've been one of the first things they did at all the existing Olympic facilities

And in that one piece of information, you've pretty much summed up so much of what is going on at present, and why the country remains in recession.

Travel problems?

rlBlame the muzzasrl

I didn't think that rag could stoop any lower

I wonder how many of the 70000 games makers won't bother turning up (for no pay) for their shifts as opposed to the paid security staff.

For anyone who may still harbor concern over Olympic security, just remember that you are eight times more likely to die at the hands of the police than terrorists

I see that 38 Degrees are scaring the Corporate sponsors one-by-one.
First McDonalds, then Coca Cola ... changing thier minds and not offshoring the profits to avoid tax from their monopoly sales at the Olympics.

Amazing what a bit of organisation and publicity can do.

LOCOG : "Who do you use because our lot are fsk'ing useless"
NUFC : "G4S, do you want their number ?"
LOCOG : "Oh FFS"

Superb

It appears to going ok so far.

Indeed.

Massive traffic chaos (two-hour delays on some major roads), confusion over the Olympic lanes, trains that can't stop at the Stratford station because it's too hot, arrests for vandalism by custard, graffiti artists who haven't done anything illegal for years arrested and bailed over to keep them from doing things they were unlikely to do, businesses unable to open or operate ...

And the Games haven't even started.

Stil, good sportsmanship and culturing a good relationship with the locals is all that matters, isn't it?

I'd try to answer if I understood the verb you used.

Don't buy knock-off Nike Olympic gear

rlJust get selected for the Egyptian national team and the EOC will supply it to yourl