I found myself reminded of the debacle of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, said debacle being that the government of Victoria won them then decided they couldn’t afford them. This got me wondering what if anything actually became of the ’26 Comm Games… and, somewhat to my surprise, I’ve discovered Glasgow took up the baton two years ago (albeit they’re running it as a very slimmed-down operation) despite the British government saying two years there would be no British bailout for the Games.. And, even more surprisingly, it actually kicks off in five days. I haven’t heard a single fucking thing about it until now, I can only assume that the budgetary savings on this edition have extended to advertising it too… I mean, I know, it’s the Comm Games, it’s the “Aldi Olympics”, no one really wanted to host it to begin with, and there’s also been the World Cup to distract people in recent weeks. Still, I suppose at least the Games themselves are safe for now (there’s already a host picked for 2030), and if nothing else it’s an international sporting event Mushroom Cock can’t interfere with…
