Can it get even better than this?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....ame-torch-bearer.html

/// Four or five of the other torch guards then bundled the man to the side of the road where he was then arrested.

I do hope there isn't the slightest scratch on him, or the police might be in trouble again.

[Bazile]

He is being held in custody .

What will be the charge then ?

[anotheoldgit]

They did not arrest the two kids that tried the same thing in Coventry.

[chaptazbru]

It must have been slightly scary for the poor torch bearer.

[bazwillrun]

no doubt the torch bearer will be suing for stress and trauma or some other old tosh.

what is the big deal with this torch, who really cares, its now a symbol of an event that has become a slave to the corporate £

[boxtops]

This seems to be a bit of non-story then, if it happened in Coventry too - we didn't hear about that one.

I don't understand the heading to this thread - better about what?

[LazyGun]

Just seen the BBC coverage of the incident on the news. I was impressed with the speed of reaction of the torchbearer guards..................

[anotheoldgit]

boxtops

/// if it happened in Coventry too - we didn't hear about that
one. ///

It was on the news at the time.

/// I don't understand the heading to this thread - better about what? ///

Olympic news stories, follow previous threads.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18671509

[anotheoldgit]

bazwillrun

/// what is the big deal with this torch, ///

Couldn't agree more, it is not as if the torch is the only one, ie similar to the FA or World cup, there are dozens of them.

Yet hundreds turn out to see someone run a few hundred yards holding one aloft.

And the flame what's that all about, "locked up safely for the night in the Tower of London"????????????