Richard Caborn: Why Labour can be proud of the Olympics (an exercise in Carpet bagging)
The Carpet baggers aiming to turn sporting success into party political advantage have started already, and the ex-Sports Minister Richard Caborn MP is first out of the blocks with an article over at Labour Home.
This is annoying - a commenter on Political Betting had the right attitude with a comment that the best way for the Labour Government to benefit from the Olympic success is to keep quiet and bask in the reflected glory.
Instead, Mr Caborn has stuck his oar in, got a lot of things wrong and ended up looking rather silly - as well as being an opportunist out to exploit Olympic success in the course of grubby politics.
The fact that he is posting at Labour Home is interesting - there’s an interesting debate to be had about how the relationships between official parties and grassroots websites will evolve - across all parties.
But for now, a little light rebuttal over afternoon coffee beckons.
Olympic Games Interactive History: Beijing Olympic Games 2008
The New York Times has an interactive map of Olympic Medal History, which is really very nifty, however…
