very, very frafl to hundreds of thousands of brits who have helped us get this far.

very, very frafl to hundreds of thousands of brits who have helped us get this far. you know what this area was like. this was desolate. we've now got a thriving community and sport kicked it all off. >> we got pride back in the country, which is great. some big stories developing today. one i'm very interested to get your take on. one is the badminton farce. i heard you before they got elimb natd saying this is completely unacceptable. what i was pleased about was the chinese reaction, pretty swift to condemn it and say this isn't part of the olympic spirit. >> it was a good reaction, the right reaction. in fairness, of course, it's from a country that's already staged an olympic games. so maybe once you've staged the games, your whole history changes. the city changes, you look at the world in a different way. and like you, i was really pleased with the swift response that it was unspepable. >> it was one of the worst things i have ever watched. >> the sadness is i was in that venue yesterday afternoon, watching three nail biting competitive matches. it was only wh