Yes, sorry, of course you can. In fact, I think it was you that put me on to it.
On regeneration, you're right it is not socialism, and improved neighbourhoods will not eradicate class difference, but on the contrary become goods that exemplify those class differences. On the other hand, I don't want the socialism of universal misery, so I prefer regeneration to not regeneration. As the late Arghiri Emmanuel said 'if capitalism is hell there exists a more frightful hell: that of less developed capitalism'.
I think moaning about the burden of hosting the Olympics would be a good example of what Wojtek so eloquently called 'kvetching', or 'glorifying misery'.