OLYMPIC TORCH MUST COME TO BROMLEY & CHISLEHURST - ABBOTTS

12.01.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 26th Jun 2006

On the day that Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats visits the Olympic site local Lib Dem campaigner Ben Abbotts has written to the International Olympic Committee to ask for the Olympic Torch to pass through Bromley & Chislehurst.

Ben has also written to Sebastian Coe to congratulate him and his team on bringing the Olympics to Britain.

Local Lib Dem Ben Abbotts said:

"The Olympics coming to London makes us all proud to be British. We must all work together to make this the best Olympics ever.

"It is important that this becomes Britain's Olympic Games. South-East London and Kent must share in this achievement; the Olympic torch coming to our area would be a true representation of this.

"Congratulations must go to Seb Coe and his team in securing us the Games. Now it is time to get on with the job of making this the best games ever."