I have just bought my Lottery ticket in the hope of winning a couple of million quid so I can go and live on a desert island, far away from the Big Brother nanny state and Oxford councillors.

The vast majority of people who play the Lottery do so in the hope of winning a tidy sum.

What's left over, after Labour's taxes and VAT, is often a secondary thought to most players.

However, I now understand that umpteen millions are going to be used to finance another white elephant - the London Olympic Games - instead of being used for children's charities and the like, which is where the remainder should ideally be spent.

Forget London. Why not bring the Olympic Games to Oxford?

We could close the Southern Bypass for the running races, we already have the Thames for swimming, old sandy quarries will suffice for long jumps and hammer throwing, Port Meadow would be an ideal venue for spear chucking and frisbee flying etc and would also provide adequate room for old army tents in which to accomodate competitors.

At the last count, there were 1,893 takeaways in Oxford, so catering will not be a problem.

Being the host city, we could also lobby for some extra local games such as morris dancing, graffiti spraying, church bell ringing etc, and the youngsters could compete in the 'drinking of 24 pints of lager without throwing up' knockout competition.

The whole thing could be staged for a good few grand which will be covered by rental income from the hot dog vans, so come on all you dignitaries and others, let's get Oxford back on the map with our very own Olympic Games and let Londoners play tiddlywinks in the Dome.

Tony Anchors, Didcot