Romney unifies British public in time for Games

Mitt Romney may be just what the London Olympics needed.

In little more than 24 hours in London, the US presidential candidate got Britons to stop complaining about bumper-to-bumper traffic, cringing about cost overruns and fretting about shoddy security — and instead start taking pride in their country’s long-awaited day in the sun.

From prime minister David Cameron to ordinary Londoners rushing to work, Britons recoiled at the visiting American’s suggestion that the logistical problems encountered so far were “disconcerting”. Many who have themselves been slamming organisers as incompetent, and the massive competition as an expensive fiasco, are suddenly rallying around the flag.