Would you press the 'cancel the Olympics' button?

5 August 2012

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The 2012 Olympics are in full swing. Before it started we asked this question, and now we want to see if the results have changed. 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?

The 2012 Olympics are in full swing. Before it started we asked this question, and now we want to see if the results have changed.

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 (5914 votes)

Yes, cancel it		751 votes (13%)
I'm not that into it, but others are enjoying it, so let it happen		684 votes (12%)
No, I'm loving it – it's great to have it in the UK		4479 votes (76%)

I live in Northern Ireland (590 votes)

Yes, cancel it		100 votes (17%)
I'm not that into it, but others are enjoying it, so let it happen		111 votes (19%)
No, I'm loving it – it's great to have it in the UK		379 votes (64%)

I live in Scotland (1943 votes)

Yes, cancel it		309 votes (16%)
I'm not that into it, but others are enjoying it, so let it happen		355 votes (18%)
No, I'm loving it – it's great to have it in the UK		1279 votes (66%)

I live in the rest of England (11485 votes)

Yes, cancel it		1374 votes (12%)
I'm not that into it, but others are enjoying it, so let it happen		1624 votes (14%)
No, I'm loving it – it's great to have it in the UK		8487 votes (74%)

I live in Wales (1299 votes)

Yes, cancel it		220 votes (17%)
I'm not that into it, but others are enjoying it, so let it happen		190 votes (15%)
No, I'm loving it – it's great to have it in the UK		889 votes (68%)

                   21,231 votes received.

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