And why would they need to do that when, in any other "normal" year these couple of months would be their time of peak demand and you couldn't get a central London theatre ticket not even if you gave up your first born child for one ?

On the basis of ... what was it? Oh yes: "Price elastisity of supply and demand", that is utterly illogical, if the Games are increasing tourism and, indeed, not negatively impacting on the general tourism in London (which will, in turn, impact on tourism elsewhere in the UK).

I seem to remember the half price ticket booth in Leicester Square doing rather brisk business through out the year.

Some of the reduction in numbers maybe down to the fact that people haven't got £45 a ticket plus all the extras.

I imagine that there will be less demand from the UK public for theatre tickets during the Olympics, as anyone with half a brain will be avoiding London.

As for the half-price ticket booth, and other similar places - complete rip off. I went to see Les Mis the other week. Was quoted silly prices at all the 'discount' booths. Went direct to the theatre and got them far cheaper.

Possibly so, if you don't mind sitting in a seat where you can't see the stage and might as well have bought an audio tape of the performance.

Having said that the official bucket shop at The Edinburgh Fringe is my closest friend, mind, you can't get a bad seat in some of the tiny venues and if you do you just pick it up and move it

Why do keep switching between accounts Mr. McField/Chicken?

Because this stupid frikkin computer at home refuses to recognise the fact that I've retired the McField one for solely banning purposes at times when my apprentice falls asleep on the job, whereas the computer at work has a far more modern approach to life and fully embraces the new status quo.

Ah, I see, I'm sure young Wheelio will come good.

Perhaps you could make Mr. Field really horrible and Mr. Chicken really benevolent, therefore reflecting your ongoing frustrations at your spendthrift bread knife and taxi demanding offspring.

A possible solution to avoid the Olympic Branding Stasi

I just assumed McField had been banned.

As for Wheels, there'll be bans handed out for typing "been" instead of "being". The Leeds board will be like the average member of the Tory Party, near death.

And rightly so. </grammar pedant>

[url=http://www.demotix.com/news/1347078/police-deny-olympic-residents-access-home#slide-1Auntie denies residents access to their own flats[/url

[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/22/stewart-lee-olympic-games-twitterDon't tweet any O****** jokes.[/url

The fact you posted this is as a joke right?

Absolutely.

Censorship is a massive joke.

The renaming of your link is very misleading, we're allowed to make jokes as long as we make no money from it



But y'kno, if you had said that it wouldn't have been as dramatic as ''DON'T TWEET OLYMPIC JOKES''

Shhhhh, I don't think she's realised.

Hanging is too good for the bast@rd

[url=http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/local-staff-replace-g4s-at-stadium-7966255.htmlG4S replaced by local security staff[/url

At least the money is remaining in the Nort-East economy now.

What that really means is that they've gone and asked Newcastle Utd "Who do you use because our lot are fskin useless".

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?

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176531/Ramadan-2012-add-Londons-Olympic-transport-woes.htmlBlame the muzzas[/url

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.