Comment on the millennium dome
Firstly, it is recognisable in its own right. It has strong brand recognition, and is probably the only manmade structure in the opening sequence of Eastenders which nearly all viewers can name. Secondly, it is symbolic of the endearing English trait of ineptness which is a consequence of what Kate Fox calls "the Importance of Not Being Earnest rule".
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-02-13 by Peter Taylor from Cambridge
Comment on the millennium dome
Celebrates 2000 years of Britain
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-02-13 by derek law from glasgow
Comment on the millennium dome
Typifies modern day Britain.
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-02-13 by d_g_hickman@hotmail.com from uk
Comment on the millennium dome
It represents both the drive to build something memorable for all the right reasons, and the great Britsh Committee, for all the wrong reasons.
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-02-09 by Richard Storey from Hertfordshire
Comment on the millennium dome
It's a classic totem to insane government-knows-best decision-making - both Con & Lab - that is all too iconic of our land. Has to be a thumbs-up.
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-02-08 by Mark Iliff from Caversham
Comment on the millennium dome
The first example of "New Labour's" Policy of squandering of Public Monies. Fourtunate I am, in not residing in London, who's inhabitants will be picking up the tab for the Olimpic's overspend.
Comment on the millennium dome posted 2006-04-28 by Colin B. M. Scott from Stornoway. (Top left hand corner of the weather chart.)