Would you press the ‘cancel the Olympics’ button?

23 July 2012

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If you had a magic button that could cancel the Olympics from happening in the UK, as if we’d never got it in the first place – would you press it?

If you had a magic button that could cancel the Olympics from happening in the UK, as if we’d never got it in the first place – would you press it?

Results

I live in London/SE (7116 votes)

Yes! Cancel it.		2756 votes (39%)
I'm not that into it, but some will enjoy, so let it happen.		1845 votes (26%)
No! Can't wait for it to start – it's great to have it in the UK.		2515 votes (35%)

I live in Northern Ireland (638 votes)

Yes! Cancel it.		237 votes (37%)
I'm not that into it, but some will enjoy, so let it happen.		229 votes (36%)
No! Can't wait for it to start – it's great to have it in the UK.		172 votes (27%)

I live in Scotland (2399 votes)

Yes! Cancel it.		1017 votes (42%)
I'm not that into it, but some will enjoy, so let it happen.		849 votes (35%)
No! Can't wait for it to start – it's great to have it in the UK.		533 votes (22%)

I live in the rest of England (14408 votes)

Yes! Cancel it.		5688 votes (39%)
I'm not that into it, but some will enjoy, so let it happen.		4611 votes (32%)
No! Can't wait for it to start – it's great to have it in the UK.		4109 votes (29%)

I live in Wales (1527 votes)

Yes! Cancel it.		633 votes (41%)
I'm not that into it, but some will enjoy, so let it happen.		496 votes (32%)
No! Can't wait for it to start – it's great to have it in the UK.		398 votes (26%)

                   26,088 votes received.

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