On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:59:47 +0100, "tim....."
wrote:

"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:25:26 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message
, at
05:58:33 on Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Stephen Furley
remarked:

I caught the last 45 minutes or so on the BBC website; it was just
about 00:20 when coverage closed but I think events in the stadium may
have finished a minute or two earlier.

The TV pictures towards the end showed about a quarter of the seats
empty. Which is why I'm more inclined to think it's people leaving early
to catch a train, rather than never having turned up at all.

Very likely. They probably thought they could beat the crowds by
leaving early, and could still see the fireworks from the station.
Maybe they wanted to miss the speeches, too?

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Why would anyone want to miss Boris?

(I didn't actually watch it, I'm just assuming that he made one)


I don't recall Boris making a speech at the ceremony. He'd have been
more fun than Jacques Rogge and Seb Coe, who did make speeches.
However, Boris has written quite a good piece for his main employer
(in salary terms):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/c...the-world.html