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Response to The 'Yes' vote. Thank you to all of you who got yourselves involved or who sent us letters and emails of support. We didn't see the outcome we had hoped for, but we achieved one of our most important aims: to provide an opportunity for those against the London bid to say so in a climate which, until the NoLondon campaign, dictated everyone say yes. We've given interviews to over 80 worldwide magazines and newspapers and represented the No vote in at least 4 tv broadcasts Not bad for a bunch of east enders with no office, no phone, no organisational structure and no budget! So where to from here? Well, again obviously, it's not over yet. We've got the games so it's now up to us all to make sure the games go as planned; that we in the east end get what we are promised. A GoodLondon Campaign. Because we would like to be proved wrong. We would like, in 2014, to walk around where we live and marvel at the well built and well used sports facilities; sit in the park and admire the clean flowing River Lea without worrying about what the run off from all that concrete and construction waste is doing to the wildlife. We want to be thanking the government for sticking to their promise of providing 3000 decent jobs and good housing for key workers. We want to see that the legacy of the games is long term, sustainable, improvement. It hasn't happened though. There hasn't been one Olympics yet where either the project hasn't gone way over budget, or civil liberties weren't eroded; or where construction hasn't lead to under or un-used facilites. Where the local people haven't ultimately, had to tighten their belts, or move away or have lost their jobs. But it can, if enough Londoners pay attention to what is going on and shout loudly if they see costs spiraling, promises being broken, environmental issues being ignored and jobs disappearing. This could be a good games for London. Don't let the politicians spoil it!