[DavidShreder]

Yes, yes and yes. Negativity combined with black humour and sarcasm is our gift to the world!

Actually I think there was an international story in how negative some of the UK media have been, there has been the usual Brit negativity but it's not all like that. There's been plenty of positive stuff here, praise for the show Canada put on and the Ski Cross was an overnight success. Whistler looked beautiful.

As for 2012, the British (especially the media) will spend a huge amount of effort in ridiculing it before it starts because we "know" we'll screw it up somehow. The when it's finished we'll give ourselves a collective pat on the back for putting Britain (well...London) back on the map, showing Johnny foreigner how it's done, the spirit of Empire will be resurrected, the ceremony will close with Land of Hope and Glory and we'll get steamingly drunk celebrating victory in the four man skeet shooting.