Allan snorted. "Wait to see the UK on its uppers by 2014. And by then they won't have the EU to bail them out and they won't be able to ask for help from the USA either. Naaah, anything other than a super power or an oil rich country is just asking for a sip from the poison chalice by hosting the Olympics. So save yer pennies," he advised, "and you'll be able to buy prime land in England dirt cheap."