Save the stadium - at any price?

The row over putting anti-aircraft missiles on the roof of a block of flats in East London, and annoying the residents, misses the point, writes Peter Rhodes.

The key issue here is that someone has taken the executive decision that if a plane full of explosives is heading for the Olympics complex, it is better for it to be shot down anywhere over London than over the stadiums.

Someone is prepared to put schools, housing estates, hospitals and nurseries at greater risk than sporting venues.

Who made this decision? Who, if the worst happens, will tell the bereaved East Enders that their neighbourhood was deemed more expendable than Lord Coe's Olympic folly?