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https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/12863358/uk-may-boycott-winter-olympics/ 'The BOA would not respond to Raab’s comments but stressed they are completely independent from government interference.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54441143

Remember - Team GB funding is ultimately government backed. Government wants boycott - government will get one.

As i said a boycott is much more likely going to happen than not.

The USA now sees China has the biggest enemy.

It happened in 1980 - why are you so confident it's not going to happen again.

Plenty of senators have called for the IOC to remove it from China - you think those people wont then try and get an athlete boycot happening.

Some recent updates. https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1099084/sport-and-politics-mixed-blog https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1098534/boris-johnson-beijing-2022-boycott https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1099078/usopc-bill-passed-by-us-house-ioc-rules UK government only talking about official dignitaries boycotting at this stage but who knows what will happen if the USA moves towards athletes boycotting.

Australia is my tip for the first withdrawal.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-25/should-america-boycott-china-s-2022-winter-olympics Could we see a rival games if a large boycott happens. Feels very unlikely.

Through as it stands most athletes and NOC officials are anti boycott. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/mornings/matt-carroll-olympics-2022/12697876

Not as big a leap as a lot of people think.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/asia/china-dismisses-concerns-over-human-rights-abuses-tarnishing-winter-olympics-20200923-p55yei.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6937705/tasmanian-senator-urges-boycott-of-winter-olympics-in-china/ Further developments have occurred.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/global-push-to-strip-beijing-of-winter-olympics-20200920-p55xen.html Boycot movement growing. Led by Ian Duncan Smith who is a former leader of the opposition here in the UK and influential. Meanwhile leader of the Norwegian libreal party is opposed to a boycott.

China is the main theme of his campaign - it could easily be mentioned.

I think it's quite likely Trump will commit to a boycott before election day.

Remember Fair chance of trump winning the nobel peace prize for the Abraham Accords.

The Main USA advocates for a boycott atm are Trump supporters through.

Handful? Must be very big hands.

And for example the letter last week got mentioned on BBC News broadcasts.

A lot of politicians are very concerned by the Uyghurs and Hong Kong so not hard for them to publicly pushing for boycotts. I can comfortably say many more than 1% will have a view as it gets nearer and further up the agenda.