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Spoken Language: Boris Johnson Olympic Speech Analysis
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How the BBC reported on the failings of G4S during the London Olympics
G4S was the company responsible for providing security personnel during the games. In the end, the police and military needed to help.
London 2012: G4S's Nick Buckles regrets taking contract
The head of security company G4S has
said he regrets it ever took on the Olympic security contract, as he agreed it
had become a "humiliating shambles".The company may lose £50m from the £284m contract because it cannot supply enough security guards.
Chief executive Nick Buckles told MPs that the military and the police would be reimbursed for providing personnel to plug the shortfall.
But he said G4S planned to keep its £57m management fee.
Mr Buckles said that because the firm expected "to deliver a significant amount of staff" it would retain the fee.
"I find that astonishing," replied Labour MP Keith Vaz, who chairs the Commons home affairs select committee.
Mr Buckles also told the committee the cost of accommodation for military personnel called in to help would be covered and bonuses would be paid to them if this was deemed appropriate.
G4S has been under fire since it emerged last week that 3,500 extra military personnel have had to be deployed to meet the firm's shortfall in trained security guards for the Games. Police have also helped fill gaps left by G4S.
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How 'The Guardian' reported on Boris' speech
Johnson steals limelight from Cameron at victory parade
London mayor capped a summer in the limelight when he appeared to reduce David Cameron to an awkward bystander
by Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent, The Guardian,
Boris Johnson and David Cameron. The mayor of London eclipsed the PM as the government’s face of London 2012. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Boris Johnson stole the show at the parade for the Olympics and Paralympics as the London mayor capped a summer in the limelight when he appeared to reduce David Cameron to a slightly awkward bystander.
The crowds cheered and the prime minister clapped awkwardly as Johnson hailed Britain's athletes for producing "paroxysms of tears and joy on the sofas of Britain" – inspiring both the current generation and the next in the process.
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