September 4382Mordusian Parliament considers proposal to increase Olympics fundingIn response to concerns that Mordusian is falling behind in terms of preparing for the 4390 Winter Olympics, Finance Minister Sylvaine Linville has
tabled a proposal before Parliament to increase funding for the Olympics by 15,000,000,000 denari.
"We have every confidence Mordusia can do herself proud, and do the Olympics and Terra proud too," she told MPs. "The extra funding we are proposing here will give us the extra edge we need to make the 4390 Winter Olympics really, really special".
However, the proposal has attracted criticism from some of Linville's own Liberal Union MPs, many of whom represent constituencies in poorer rural areas which they feel are under-invested in by the government. The prospect of even more public money being channelled into Rechtenburg, the capital city, is not universally popular.
Manningham-Buller appeals against lifetime Olympics banManningham-Buller, promising to behave himself if he is allowed to attend the Rechtenburg Winter OlympicsFrederick Manningham-Buller, chairman of Mordusia's controversial far-right National Movement, has appealed to the Terran Olympic Committee to overturn his lifetime ban on attending Olympic events. The
ban was imposed after he shouted abuse at the Valruzian water polo team at the at Nowogard 4380 games, calling them "a bunch of f**king cheating fiddling Valruzian c**nts" and also demanding they "f**k off back to Valruzia" (despite the fact both he and they were in Valruzia at the time).
Manningham-Buller is being represented during this process by Jeremy Black, his solicitor. Black states "my client accepts his behaviour in Nowogard was grossly inappropriate and must not happen again" but pleas that "he was in an emotional state at the time, exacerbated by his diabetic condition, and was acting out of character" and that "my client would very much like to attend the upcoming Rechtenburg games with his family".