Do You Feel The Feel Good Factor Now?
As the UK Olympic team continue to go from strength to strength in Beijing maybe we all underestimated the feel good factor which comes with such success for your home country overseas. As the gold medals continue to reign down the press is full of good news, the TV pictures are heart warming and suddenly our minds are taken off what is and continues to be a terrible year. Are those who claim money spent on the athletes of the UK still holding their position or have they softened a little?
As we have covered on a number occasions on this site the main factor behind any recovery in an economy is confidence and a feel good factor. While the current optimism running through the UK may well be short lived it could give the UK population a much need boost at a time when we have been looking for good news for months.
As the athletes on the track take over the limelight now there are high hopes for yet more medals to come and then the return home which will see the Olympic team parade through the capital in front of millions. Who said sport does not play a part in everyday life? Who said the feel good factor in the UK is gone for good?
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