Flagged up by Paul on the Newsgroup is Anna Minton's latest piece on CiF, The London Olympics: a festival of private Britain.
Trawling down through the comments, I saw this

1Hiker
24 January 2012 8:26PM
Will Self nailed it a long time ago .
http://youtu.be/aqhvmwjFXMg

Marking one year to go on BBC Newsnight, Will Self taking on boosters Tessa Jowell and Tanni Grey-Thompson.

A useful reminder that we are where we are.

The Countering the Olympics public meeting / day conference is this coming Saturday.