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Ok, so London will be hosting the Olympics. That's bad enough. But what's worse is having to put up with the terrible gloating and jingoism that it's already bringing out in people.

In the tube station at White City (and, I assume, elsewhere) London Transport had printed posters thanking all of their customers for their support of the bid (I particularly hate this kind of hyperbole that assumes that everyone agrees with some popular idea). At Tottenham Court Road the train indicator boards were scrolling the news that London's bid had won - on the offchance that someone passing through the station had previously missed it).

Of course, the Evening Standard was at its offensive jingoist worst. Their front page headline declared "We've Won!" as though the population of London had somehow triumphed over some major adversity to win a major battle.

If this goes on for seven years I'm not going to be able to stand it.

And I dread tomorrow's papers.

That's it then. London will host the 2012 Olympics. You know, I've yet to meet a Londoner who actually supports the bid.

Congratulations to all of the cities who didn't win.

Now, I wonder how much I can make from renting out my house during the games. I'm certainly not going to want to be in London with that circus going on.