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Article: Political Reporter Jo Revill charts the background to the controversy surrounding the Millennium Dome.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2001
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Byline: JO REVILL
ON 15 DECEMBER 1999, Tony Blair visited Greenwich and declared: "I defy anyone who sets foot in the Dome not to be awed by its sheer scale, variety or range of attractions. Like anything new in Britain, the Dome has had to see off the cynics; those who lack confidence in the British people, who despise anything modern, who are made uneasy by success."
How hollow the words sound now, as the country watches the last death-throes of a project which has eclipsed all other recent political schemes in terms of its ambitions, its hype and its sheer expense.
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