Archive for 'Olympics'
Seb Coe needs the People’s Games
As the amazing, exciting Beijing Olympics draw to a close, thoughts turn to London in four years time. It was heartening this week to hear Sebastian Coe’s views on what we should expect from London 2012: less flash, more substance. But as the BBC Sports Editor puts it, “having said legacy is his trump card, [...]
Beating Boris with co-op ideas
Do you want to help Ken beat Boris in the battle for ideas as well as the battle for votes? Next year sees the blond-haired buffoon take on Mayor Livingstone in the May elections for London. This is our chance to make London a truly co-op city. We could see co-operative values applied to London’s [...]
The people trust co-ops – it’s time to get engaged
For the 90th Anniversary Conference last month, the Co-operative Party commissioned a YouGov poll which reflected overwhelming support for organisations that put consumers first and act in their interests. Key findings of the poll are that: People in the UK trust co-ops or mutuals far more to deal fairly with their customers than either Government [...]
