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Olympic media centre will be huge white elephant - Brake

1.24.00pm GMT Thu 29th Jan 2009

Commenting on the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) request for more Government money to help fund the Olympic Media Centre, Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for the Olympics, Tom Brake said:

"It's time the ODA cancelled these plans for a grand media centre, otherwise London will be left with a huge white elephant.

"The legacy plans aren't there to justify an all-singing, all-dancing media centre.

"There is no evidence that after the Games Tessa Jowell's pipedream of a 'digital hub' could survive without substantial on-going public investment.

"It is time to cut the Olympic cloth and settle for a scaled-down media centre."

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