Gorbless Ya Guv

Gorblimey Guv'ner an' no mistake! Heard on the Radio that they are planning to have people from the East End working in hospitality for the London Olympics. Now people this is just plain wrong. I have absolutely nothing against the East End - indeed I was born there, I've worked there and my ancestors came from Bow, So I think I'm allowed an opinion on the subject.
My fear, of course, is that we're going to get the heritage industry spin on cockney sparrers, bless yer guv'ner spare a farthin' fer a poor gel what's down on 'er luck gorblessya, so it's going to be pearly kings and queens, boiled beef and carrots, jellied eels and a good old knees up with Chas 'n Dave missus! I think I'd rather have the seedier version of the East End - Jack the Ripper, Ronnie 'n' Reggie, the Siege of Sidney Street an all that stuff. Beats the nostalgia "we wuz poor but we wuz happy great days" trip any day.

Incidentally Mister Squeaky has been reading his cockney rhyming slang dictionary and tells me that Ken Livingstone is a right James Blunt. Don't have a clue what he could mean ;-)