Back in the early nineties an attempt to get the Olympic Games to Amsterdam broke down on the indifference and cynicism of the voters, not interested in the glamour and prestige this was supposed to bring to the city, but who did have a sharp eye for how much this would cost and who would end up paying that bill. Since then the Olympic lobby has kept to itself, but with the shining example of London 2012, is slowly starting to bang the drum for Amsterdam 2028, exactly a century after the first and only Dutch Olympics. And this time it’s actually taken seriously, perhaps helped to a not inconsiderable extent by the fact that this date is quite a way aways yet. Not that this means anything will come of it, but seeing how the climate here is slowly shifting towards acceptance, if not enthusiasm of the Olympics, doesn’t make me any happier reading about the way the London Olympics are organised. As I’ve noticed over the years, what happens in Britain is inevitably introduced over here in some degenerated form some years later.