An extraxt from The Daily Torygraph on Olympic funding
... it coincided with the start of National Lottery funding which led to the biggest transformation in the way sport is organised in Britain for half a century.
Although introduced by former Prime Minister John Major in 1994, it was not until 1997 under a Labour government that restrictions on handing grants to individuals were lifted allowing money to be paid directly to athletes, freeing them up to quit their jobs and train full time.
I thought I would bring everyone back down to earth before Edwina Curries lover was canonised and became a Saint
