Politics with a small 'p' is about decisions on how a society shares out its resources. We are currently floundering under cuts, and told that we all have to bear a share of reducing spending. When we are counting pennies, we have to think carefully about what counts. Looking at current decisions, the figures are stark.
Let's leave aside the £11 billion of public money used to put on the Olympics. There is also the ongoing cost of elite sports. Every single Olympic gold medal cost the public purse an average of £4.5 million. Elite sports people have cost us £100 million per year for the past five years. That comes to more than £83,000 per GB team member each year.
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