• Former Olympics minister calls London 2012 a squandered opportunity
• Jowell blames ‘negligent’ successors for failing to inspire children to play sport
• Inspiring London 2012 message has become a millstone
The former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has claimed a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to use the London Games to inspire children to play sport has been squandered, blaming her “wicked and negligent” successors.
Speaking on the eve of Monday’s 10th anniversary of the capital being awarded the 2012 Olympics, with a bid founded on Lord Coe’s vow to “inspire a generation”, the former Labour MP blamed the coalition government for scuppering the legacy for grassroots sport, describing the situation as “back to where we started in 2002”.
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