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Picture the scene - the 2016 Olympic Games are coming to a close and the president of the International Olympic Committee is giving his speech where the flag is passed to the next host city.

You know the one I mean, where he says something like: "I call upon the nations of the world to assemble again in four years, in Milngavie."

Milnwhere?

Milngavie, a suburb of Glasgow, that's where.

Local resident Marc Fisher has and he has received the backing of politicians and the national tourism organisation VisitScotland.

He's also managed to enlist the help of advertising and marketing agencies that worked on London's 2012 bid.

OK, but it introduces today's topic rather nicely.

but, strangely, it is the first time that it has had to beat off opposition to do so.

England's capital after Rome was forced to pull out following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906.

And the International Olympic Committee chose London as the host for the 1948 Games after they had missed out in 1944 due to the intervention of World War II.

But to win the right to stage the 2012 Games, London had to come through a

As I am sure you will remember, members of Britain's sporting elite such as Daley Thompson and Sir Steve Redgrave threw their weight behind bid leader Sebastian Coe, although quite what David Beckham was around for still mystifies me.

Paris and London were the favourites going into the final vote in Singapore on 6 July, 2005.

The three other bid cities, Madrid, Moscow and New York were knocked out, leaving the British and French to fight it out.

And as we all know, London came out on top, winning 54 of the 104 votes on offer.

But in light of Mr Fisher's Milngavie bid, which other British cities do you think should look to host the Olympics?