How London Won the 2012 Games ; Tea with Tony Won Over Backbenchers of the Ioc and Coe Played the Power Game to Perfection to Beat Confident Paris Team, Reports Adrian Warner the London Olympics 2012

Evening Standard - London › July 07, 2005

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THE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 THE image of Olympic lobbying is of middle-aged men schmoozing over ginandtonics in smoke-filled piano bars.

It is fair to say that many a vote has been sealed by a bidding city over the years in the early hours of the morning through a well- chosen comment to a cigar-smoking International Olympic Committee member.

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How London Won the 2012 Games ; Tea with Tony Won Over Backbenchers of the Ioc and Coe Played the Power Game to Perfection to Beat Confident Paris Team, Reports Adrian Warner the London Olympics 2012

But London sealed the 2012 Olympics in classic British style in Singapore in the last week -- over gallons of afternoon tea and plates of biscuits.

IOC members said today that Tony and Cherie Blair played a crucial role in bringing about the most gloriou...

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