Letters: Playing gigs at the Olympics is a rip-off

Patrick Wintour (Political parties battle to claim Olympic advantage, 30 June), puffs up the Olympic Games as a political panacea for the ideologies of any political stripe. All the parties are piling on board. Labour says the "Olympics show the limits of a free market and the continuing role of the state". Regrettably this is not the case. Musicians are being ripped off in a way that would leave the banks weeping tears of envy. A leaked letter offering musicians a gig at the Windsor and Dorney ...

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